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- Two people were found guilty of defrauding Apple out of millions of dollars worth of iPhones.
- The two sent over 5,000 fake iPhones to Apple for repair, which Apple replaced with real iPhones.
- This isn’t the first time Apple has fallen for this same scam.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Apple has once again fallen victim to a repair scam where fake handsets were switched with real models, like the iPhone 15.
According to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office, two residents of Maryland — both Chinese nationals — were found guilty by a federal jury in the District of Columbia of attempting to defraud Apple. Haotian Sun, 33, and Pengfei Xue, 33, were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud, which comes with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.