Ting Hong Yeung says he duped Amazon's payment system to pay him for items he listed but never shipped.
Ting Hong Yeung, 41, entered his plea to a federal wire fraud charge, according to the Department of Justice.Yeung admitted gaming the Amazon payment system, resulting in him receiving payment for merchandise he listed for sale but never actually shipped to buyers, according to his plea agreement.
Prosecutors said Yeung would list expensive merchandise at low-ball prices to drive up sales. But instead of shipping purchased items to customers, Yeung would submit bogus tracking numbers to Amazon. When customers complained about not receiving purchases, Yeung would stall their refund requests long enough to ensure he received the customers' money from Amazon.
Federal prosecutors said Yeung in some cases would generate bogus shipping numbers to provide Amazon by sending customers cheap crystal ornaments, rather than the merchandise they actually ordered. He also used Amazon's buyer-seller messaging service to falsely assure customers their orders were on the way.
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