Old Brookville couple\u2019s name<\/a>, investigators said.<\/p>\nFirst, $890,000, on June 30, was transferred from the victims\u2019 bank account into Wu\u2019s account, authorities said. The next day, $500,000 was put into her account, and $190,000 was transferred between 1:34 p.m. and 1:41 p.m. to the account of QJW Trading Inc., a business incorporated by Wu, with her same address, according to an FBI affidavit.<\/p>\n
Less than 10 minutes later, investigators said, bank surveillance video captured images of Wu in the bank branch withdrawing $700,000 from the account.<\/p>\n
On July 2, 2025, according to an FBI affidavit, the other victim\u2019s name was added to Wu’s account, and she, along with her alleged co-defendant, Yinye Wang, also known as Roy Wang, transferred another $860,000 from Zwang and Peishuan\u2019s account into Wu\u2019s account.<\/p>\n
The next day, Wu and Wang were recorded on bank security footage withdrawing $418,500, officials said.<\/p>\n
This continued, and by July 10, 2025, $2.8 million had moved from the couple\u2019s account into the account controlled by Wu and Wang, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have not said if the money theft has been tied to the disappearance, however investigators found evidence that Wang attempted to steal the identity of other account holders at the same bank.<\/p>\n
Transportation Security Agency officers detained Wang at the Los Angeles International Airport last December and searched his luggage during an interrogation.<\/p>\n
They found several cellphones, driver\u2019s licenses from New York and Oklahoma in other people\u2019s names, 17 credit cards that were not in Wang\u2019s name, and 12\u00a0bank account applications under six different names at the same branch where Wu withdrew large sums of money.<\/p>\n
Wang also had handwritten notes with the names, dates of birth, and personal information of several people.<\/p>\n
Wu intended to plead last month, but it was postponed when she told the judge she felt depressed. On Tuesday, she admitted her crime.<\/p>\n
“Between June and August of 2024 in the Eastern District of New York, I agreed with others to open a bank account,” Wu said through an interpreter. “I understood that these accounts would be used by others to transfer and obtain money that was received through fraud. I know the purpose was to get the money by means of fraud. I knew that this was illegal, but I agreed to do it to get money. I admit to the conspiracy to defraud the bank.”<\/p>\n
Wang was arrested in California, but he was released on bail and is believed to have absconded.<\/p>\n
Wu\u2019s plea sheds no new light on the mystery of what happened to the Old Brookville couple. Nassau County police Det. Tracey Cabey said that there\u2019s been no update in the case.<\/p>\n
The couple, a businessman and housewife who came to the United States in 2022, have two sons, 12 and 20, who have not seen their parents for nearly a year.<\/p>\n
“While my client and his brother are grateful that this person has accepted responsibility for stealing the family\u2019s money, obviously, they are preoccupied with the much more important issue of their parents\u2019 disappearance,” attorney John Carman, who represents the older brother, said.<\/p>\n
Wu faces a maximum of a year and seven months under her agreement with the government. She also owes $1.8 million in restitution, plus has to forfeit another $1 million in addition to $101,000 in fines, according to the judge.<\/p>\n
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