Qi Lin ARRESTED for serving as money mule for tech support scam

https://www.kcra.com/article/phone-scammer-grass-valley-arrest/62456255

On September 30, 2024, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office in California arrested 39-year-old Qi Lin from San Francisco for serving as a money mule for a Microsoft technical support scam operation that involved the use of fake virus popups. The scammers would gain remote access to their victims computer and convince their victims to remove $32,000 from their bank accounts to prevent further “criminal activity.”

Lin is currently being held on a $500,000 bail at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on charges of:

  • Grand Theft
  • Obtaining Money by False Pretense
  • Conspiracy to Commit Crime and Elder Theft.
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