Chinese national and Texas resident Jianjie Liu has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder the proceeds of various telephone scams. Note that the authorities had charged the defendant with one count of money laundering conspiracy, nine counts of money laundering, and one count of access device fraud.
Authorities had first arrested Liu in 2019 when she attempted to purchase a suspiciously large number of gift cards at a Georgia Walmart. She was in possession of over 700 blank gift cards and her phone carried information about her victims. Further investigation revealed that most of the victims were elderly, and they had all been scammed over telephone. These victims lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Liu received nearly $150,000 of that money herself.
After her pretrial release, Liu kept receiving money from her victims and even fled the country. Seven months later, the authorities arrested her at the Texas border when she was trying to re-enter the US.
Source: US Department of Justice