California man sentenced to prison in nationwide shipping fraud scheme

A Hacienda Heights man has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for orchestrating a large-scale shipping fraud scheme that involved thousands of false claims, federal prosecutors said.

On Aug. 14, 2025, Ting Hong Yeung, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak in Pittsburgh, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti. Yeung will also serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.

Prosecutors said that between August 2018 and June 2020, Yeung used various corporate entities to submit more than 6,000 fraudulent claims for lost or damaged ground shipments. The shipments, however, were not actually lost or damaged. Yeung collected settlement payments from the false claims, causing financial harm to the package delivery company, authorities said.

Judge Hornak, in handing down the sentence, emphasized both the scope and seriousness of the scheme, noting the impact the fraud had on the shipping company. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole A. Stockey prosecuted the case.

This is not Yeung’s first federal conviction. In 2022, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding Amazon out of more than $1.3 million through a years-long refund scam. According to prosecutors in that case, Yeung operated multiple third-party seller accounts on Amazon, listing high-value goods at discounted prices and then providing bogus tracking numbers or shipping cheap substitutes instead of the items customers purchased. He also engaged in fraudulent refund requests, sometimes returning lower-value goods while keeping the proceeds from sales.

At the time, prosecutors described his actions as a seven-year scheme that forced Amazon into “an elaborate game of Whac-A-Mole,” as Yeung cycled through different business names each time his fraud was uncovered. He was ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution, partly using gold and silver bars seized from his home.