The Orangetown Police Department has arrested two suspects following an investigation into a multi-state scam operation involving cash-filled packages sent to a vacant residence in Tappan.
On April 28, 2026, police received a call from a man in Utah reporting that his wife had been scammed out of $6,700 through a bank account scheme. Detectives determined the cash was being shipped via UPS to a vacant home in Tappan and began surveillance at the location.
Authorities observed two individuals retrieve three packages from the residence and attempt to flee. Officers stopped the suspects, and further investigation revealed the packages were tied to three separate scams across the country.
Police say one package contained $6,700 from a Utah bank scam, another held $12,500 linked to a computer virus scam in Illinois, and a third contained $24,500 connected to an FBI impersonation identity theft scam in Colorado.
The suspects, Tian Quan Xie, 20, of Brooklyn, and Wei Ping Sun, 39, of Queens, were charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, both Class D felonies.
Both were arraigned in Orangetown Justice Court and released with a return date of May 18, 2026. The Orangetown Police Detective Bureau thanked the Rockland County Intelligence Unit for assisting in the investigation.