San Leandro woman busted for alleged role in ‘international fraud network,’ as cops seize ketamine, cash, and IDs

SAN LEANDRO — A local resident is facing federal charges that she helped scam a 79-year-old woman out of $50,500, which prosecutors say was part of an “international fraud network  that targets elderly Americans in sophisticated campaigns to steal their life savings.”

Qingyun Chen, 30, was already facing charges in Marin County over the alleged fraud, but last month federal prosecutors stepped in to file a case against her. Chen is alleged to have worked with others to defraud a Greenbrae woman...