AVENTURA, Fla. — A New York man is facing a slew of felony charges in South Florida after investigators said he engaged in a series of coordinated credit card fraud and retail theft incidents at luxury stores ― mainly at the Aventura Mall ― totaling more than $90,000.
Investigators said Jian Chuan Weng, who has addresses at a Brooklyn rowhome and at a Japanese restaurant in the upstate city of Kingston, carried out the crimes in December and January. The 43-year-old was still in South Florida on Tuesday and was arrested in Doral.
Aventura police said Weng used fraudulently-obtained debit card and digital payment information to make large purchases at high-end retailers, including Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton…