Crime & Safety
Millions Scammed From Victim By Atlantic Co. Pair, Police Say
Wei Song and Botao Liu conspired to defraud at least one victim of millions of dollars in various manners, Galloway police said.
GALLOWAY, NJ — Two from Atlantic County face charges of fraud, theft by deception, bad checks and conspiracy to commit these crimes after they defrauded at least one victim out of millions of dollars, Galloway police said.
Wei Song, 59, and Batao Liu, 52, whose most recent address was in Egg Harbor Township, were arrested on outstanding National Crime Information Center warrants out of Galloway on Aug. 18 by the Bensalem Township Police Department in Pennsylvania, police said. They are sitting in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
A year-long investigation revealed that Song "defrauded one victim of over $600,000 cash, wrote millions of dollars in bad checks, and incurred over $3,000,000 in identity theft losses against the victim," police said. Liu conspired with her on these crimes, police said.
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Additional charges are pending and police believe that there are "numerous other victims" defrauded by the pair.
The two moved frequently, and Song often used the aliases Coco Li, Min Wang and Juny Li, police said.
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Galloway police said that if you have been financially victimized by either of these individuals or know someone who has, contact Detective Timothy Giberson at 609-652-3705 ext. 386.
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