LOS ANGELES—An Amazon.com vendor from Hacienda Heights was sentenced Aug. 29 to 18 months behind bars for bilking the online retailer out of more than $1.3 million by manipulating the company’s payment system.
Ting Hong Yeung, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, who also ordered him to pay restitution for the amount stolen, according to the Department of Justice.
Yeung pleaded guilty June 6 in downtown Los Angeles to one federal count of wire fraud.
Yeung admitted gaming the Amazon payment system, resulting in him receiving payments for merchandise he listed for sale but never actually shipped to buyers, according to his plea agreement….