Posted on: October 07, 2024 11:32 AM

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Flushing woman arrested for posing as DEA agent to scam victim

Flushing woman has been arrested and extradited to Massachusetts for allegedly scamming a Cape Cod victim out of $46,000, officials said Friday.

Yuxin Fu, 24, of Flushing, Queens, was arrested last week after fleeing the country for her alleged involvement in a scam targeting a resident of Marston Mills, a village in the town of Barnstable, Mass.

Fu was being investigated for incident happened two years ago. Detectives believe she posed as member of the drug enforcement agency , informed victim their social security linked to investigation in Texas.

She allegedly instructed person to “transfer account funds to safe government account to protect from being seized, said in press release.

When police became aware of the alleged scam in December 2022, a lengthy investigation followed. After “several” search warrants, authorities issued a warrant for her arrest in June 2023.

However, authorities believed Fu had fled from U.S. to China the previous month. After being sought by police for more than a year, Fu was eventually arrested last week.

She was taken into custody on Sept. 23 at John F. Kennedy Airport as she attempted to re-enter the country, officials said.