Chinese Con Artist Who Sold Access to Two Ex-U.S. Presidents Learns Fate
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| Swindler Jack Hu with George W. Bush |
After their 2011 federal indictments, Kuei Fuang Tsuei Hu and Jack Hu eventually admitted their guilt in the criminal plot and this week the mom received news of her punishment inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana.
Hu, 63, had argued for a sentence of no more than 30 months of incarceration, but U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, who rejected government attempts to seal a portion of the case from public view, sentenced her instead to a term of 37 months.
Carter also ordered her and her 27-year-old son, who has not yet been formally sentenced, to pay more than $1,035,000 in restitution to victims.
The duo used meaningless photographs and the Seal of the United States as well as a luxury setting, the St. Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point, to deceitfully convince investors that their London International Group was a legitimate operation and that they could get Bush, Clinton and Gore to attend special meetings in China and Taiwan.
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| Bad mommy |
The brazen scam victimized at least six individuals, according to court records reviewed by the Weekly.
Both defendants remain locked under federal custody inside the Santa Ana Jail.
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