{"id":52273,"date":"2025-11-25T23:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52273\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:34:07","slug":"brooklyns-dine-and-dash-diva-may-face-deportation-after-overstaying-her-visa-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52273\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn’s dine-and-dash diva may face deportation after overstaying her visa: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williamsburg\u2019s designer-clad dine-and-dasher<\/a> could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

34-year-old wannabe influencer Pei Chung<\/a> has been in jail since Friday over theft-of-service charges following her bill-skipping spree, hitting at least 11 high-end restaurants around Brooklyn since October.<\/p>\n

She has also been slapped with an immigration warrant<\/a>, according to the Department of Corrections website. A law enforcement source said Chung has overstayed her student visa.<\/p>\n

Designer-clad dine-and-dasher Pei Chung, 34, could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned. Elder Ordonez\/INSTARimages<\/p>\n

That means it\u2019s likely Chung will have to face a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement hearing after she appears in court Wednesday, immigration attorney Gadi Zohar told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could trigger her being taken away if she had a visa that expired,\u201d Zohar speculated to The Post as to what could happen next to Chung.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe criminal charges are probably what triggered the [Immigration] warrant. [Immigration officers will] likely pick her up from Rikers and take her to the immigration detention center,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chung\u2019s immigration status and whether she is permitted to work in the US <\/a>are not publicly known.<\/p>\n

The faux influencer \u2014 mostly seen wearing designer shoes, <\/a>carrying Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermes belts on her Instagram \u2014 came to the US in 2019 as a student on a scholarship to attend Brooklyn\u2019s Pratt Institute until 2021. It is not believed she has any other family members in the US.<\/p>\n

According to her Linkedin page<\/a>, her last job was in 2023, when she claims she worked as a consultant for Chase bank as a Senior User Experience Designer for eight months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has also been slapped with an immigration warrant, according to the Department of Corrections website. A law enforcement source said Chung has overstayed her visa. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

Chung has allegedly failed to pay the bill for at least 11 high end meals at restaurants around Brooklyn and was arrested seven times. NY Post<\/p>\n

Chung \u2014 who has been snapping photos<\/a> of carbonara, salmon and steak all over Williamsburg for her blog, then stiffing eateries \u2014 also says she worked as a user experience (UX) designer and user interface designer between December 2021 and September 2022 on her Linkedin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around the time that job finished is when Chung stopped paying rent on her $3,350-a-month studio apartment in a luxury Williamsburg building owned by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.<\/a><\/p>\n

Her lease in the building expired in August 2024 and she is facing eviction next month after falling $40,000 behind in rent, according to court papers. <\/p>\n

A judge has ordered Chung to leave <\/a>the building by December 1, although she very could still be in custody at that time.<\/p>\n

Chung, who refers to herself on Instagram as \u201c99 lb, no plastic surgery,\u201d was arrested for the eighth time last Friday for her food fraud antics. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

Chung\u2019s bail has been set at $4,500 cash, but she was still listed as in custody as of Tuesday afternoon. lu.pychung\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Chung, who refers to herself on Instagram as \u201c99 lb, no plastic surgery,\u201d was arrested for the seventh time last Friday.<\/p>\n

Her bail has been set at $4,500 cash, but she was still listed as in custody as of Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven if she raises bail, immigration wont let her go,\u201d Zohar warned to The Post.<\/p>\n

She was sent to Rikers after being arrested while enjoying her latest fraudulent feast at Mole Mexican Bar and Grill on Kent avenue in Williamsburg. She had ordered $149 in food then refused to pay, according to cops.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if she raises bail, immigration wont let her go,\u201d immigration attorney Gadi Zohar told The Post. lu.pychung\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think entitlement is a strong enough word,\u201d John Winterman, the fed-up owner of Francie, a restaurant she has struck twice, told The Post Monday after learning Chung had been jailed.<\/p>\n

Chung\u2019s arrest at Mole<\/a> follows a string of other extravagant meal scams, including at Hole in the Wall on Bedford Ave. on Nov. 19; and 12 Chairs on Nov. 17, where she photographed a mezze spread.<\/p>\n

The Post also reported Chung even allegedly offered sex for a free meal at Peter Luger steakhouse on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

And while Chung has been savoring dishes like foie gras and carbonara pasta, her dining behind bars will be from a more lackluster menu \u2014 including, \u201cPizza Pockets,\u201d with sides of \u201csteamed white cabbage, cucumber salad and chilled peaches,\u201d per one of Rikers\u2019 latest menus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Williamsburg\u2019s designer-clad dine-and-dasher could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned. 34-year-old wannabe influencer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,303,68,9,24,63,4719,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-52273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-exclusive","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-prisons","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}