Bitcoin Scammer Gets 71 Months in Prison: Elderly Victims Robbed
Bitcoin Bitcoin Scammer Gets 71 Months in Prison: Elderly Victims Robbed Saipanese Sze Man Yu Inos was sentenced to 71 months in prison for fraud after scamming elderly women with Bitcoin investment promises. The federal court determined that the 30-year-old defendant defrauded her elderly victims through wire fraud. Details of Sze Man Yu Inoss Bitcoin Scam Inos built friendly relationships with elderly women in Saipan and Guam between November 2020 and January 2022. She claimed to come from a wealthy Chinese family, own multiple businesses, and have made huge profits from BTC detailed analysis investments. After gaining trust, she took their money, even forging the signature of a federal judge to facilitate her scam. After leaving the Mariana Islands, she pulled the same trick on elderly people in Washington and California; she continued committing crimes even while the federal case was ongoing. Cross-State Operation and Federal Intervention She expanded her crimes from the Mariana Islands to cover the US mainland. Prosecutors increased the severity of the sentence due to this cross-state operation. FBI Honolulu Chief David Porter and US Attorney Shawn Anderson condemned Inoss calculated manipulation of the elderly. The court also ordered $769.355,67 in restitution to victims, $684.848,34 in asset forfeiture, three years of supervised