On July 8, 2026, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Chicago, Illinois resident Xingxuan Li and New York City resident Xiaohui Lu for serving as money mules for unspecified scam operations that involved online communications and the transfer of large sums of money in the form of cryptocurrency.
The two individuals were arrested without incident and charged with second-degree attempted grand larceny and second-degree scheme to defraud. Though the two have since been released pending future court proceedings, DHS and ICE are investigating their immigration status as they are currently under pending asylum status.
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