Two suspects have pleaded guilty after Ventura police disrupted a scam operation targeting an elderly man, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced on Tuesday.
The DA said Shaohua Sun of Monterey Park and Yanwen Gu of Rosemead pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to commit elder abuse, among other special allegations. Sun also surrendered $25,000 in restitution.
On March 18, a senior citizen received a text message that instructed him to confirm an alleged $350 Apple Store purchase using his credit card, according to the DA. The text included a phone number with instructions to call “immediately.”
Once on the phone, an unidentified co-conspirator reportedly falsely claimed the elder victim’s local credit union account was linked to supposed child sexual abuse materials content based in Canada. The victim was then directed to call a number belonging to the “Ventura County Credit Union Fraud Department.”…