Overview

• U.S. Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks issued the warrant after Yinye “Roy” Wang failed to appear for his initial hearing in Central Islip.
• Wang was earlier arrested in California and released on a $50,000 bond, then told his lawyer he could not board a flight without a passport or Real ID before going silent.
• Co-defendant Qiuju Wu pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was ordered detained, with prosecutors citing an ICE hold and a significant flight risk.
• Prosecutors allege the pair converted the victims’ accounts to joint ownership with rights of survivorship and executed transfers and withdrawals totaling about $2.8 million, with bank surveillance capturing them conducting transactions in Flushing.
• The missing-person investigation into Peishuan Fan and JuanJuan Zwang remains active, with Nassau County police and the FBI reporting no new public updates.