Chinese national charged in US Army scam in Calif.

By The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 5:57 p.m.

POMONA, Calif. — A Chinese national has been charged in a bogus U.S. Army recruiting scam in Southern California in which he allegedly recruited 100 other Chinese nationals with the promise that it was a path to U.S. citizenship.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says Yupeng Deng, also known as David Deng, was arrested Tuesday and charged with 13 counts of theft by false pretenses, manufacturing deceptive government documents and counterfeit of an official government seal.

Prosecutors say Deng provided each recruit with phony U.S. Army uniforms, fake documents and fraudulent military ID cards. He allegedly charged each recruit initiation fees ranging from $300 to $450 with renewal fees set at $
120 a year.

Deng faces more than eight years in prison if convicted of all charges.

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