Inside the Chinese fraud rings stealing billions from banks and retailers
Money
Website
Reported
Verified
United States
tap-to-pay fraud
digital wallet fraud
organized retail crime
gift card fraud
stolen credit cards
phishing
smishing
retail account takeover
retail app fraud
identity theft
Chinese organized crime
cyber-enabled fraud
self-checkout fraud
mobile wallet fraud
Telegram
data breach
credential theft
social engineering
Homeland Security Investigations
Project Red Hook
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Description
When a man in a black Air Jordan T-shirt walked up to a self-checkout kiosk at a Louisiana Lowe’s last spring, he looked like any other customer.
Over the course of about seven minutes, he methodically rang up different gift cards for $95 each, using his phone to tap-to-pay for each card as a red...
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US, United States
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- July 19, 2026 created
- United States country
- tap-to-pay fraud digital wallet fraud organized retail crime gift card fraud stolen credit cards phishing smishing retail account takeover retail app fraud identity theft Chinese organized crime cyber-enabled fraud self-checkout fraud mobile wallet fraud Telegram data breach credential theft social engineering Homeland Security Investigations Project Red Hook
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