Alleged Aussie text scammers extradited to US
Crime by Charles Miranda Premium Content Two Australian men have been extradited to the United States and formally arraigned on charges they led a scam of sending unwanted SMS texts to hundreds of thousands of phone users to net more than $60 million. Michael John Pearse, a 52-year-old from Sydney, and Yongchao "Kevin' Liu, a 33-year-old Chinese national and Sydney resident, were first accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud six years ago when the US FBI announced they were on their wanted list. They were identified and arrested with the help of th...
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