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Fake Stamps, $300M Fraud, 2 Years in Prison | Venice Beach News
Fifty-three-year-old Lijuan Chen just got sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for running a massive counterfeit postage scheme that cost the USPS over $150 million and forced her to pay back more than $158 million. She operated alongside fugitive partner Chuanhua Hu, who fled to China in 2019, while Chen managed U.S. warehouses shipping tens of millions of fake-stamped packages. Between 2020 and 2023, they mailed 34 million packages using recycled barcodes and forged stamps — and Chen’s assets, including 12 homes and CDs, have already been seized. Listen in comfort:Get a…
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