By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-03-21 19:45:58 | Updated at 2025-03-22 21:35:17
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An alleged conman stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a woman seeking a green card by posing as a federal agent — including by driving around Queens in a red Hummer with an “ICE” license plate, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Friday.
Tommy Aijie Da Silva Weng, a 49-year-old who goes by the nickname of “Jacky,” allegedly told the victim that he was a federal law enforcement officer that could help her get a green card expedited if she invested $500,000 with him, according to the unsealed federal indictment.
Prosecutors said that Weng, of Flushing, operated the fraudulent scheme between June 2016 and March 2024, when the unnamed victim approached him about obtaining the green card.
A month later, Weng met with the victim in Flushing where she forked over a check for $501,500 made payable to Ding Cheng Overseas Management Inc., a company owned by Weng — where Weng allegedly flashed a law enforcement badge and gave the woman a business card from the “Federal Officers Police Association” bearing his name.
At the meeting, Weng gave the woman a Form I-526 receipt with numbers that would allow her to track the process of her application on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website.
The website showed that the application was in progress — but no name was associated with the application, according to court papers.
Weng then strung along the victim through a series of lies for several years, telling her that the application was being delayed due to administrative delays in order to cover up the scheme, according to the feds.
During a separate meeting in October 2022, Weng allegedly told the victim that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, but that he would be transferring to a new position with INTERPOL in Milan, Italy.
The con artist’s apparent ambitions to be a wannabe federal agent went as far as driving a red Hummer with a vanity license plate that reads “BWTICE” — a reference to the temple in Queens he belonged to and the federal law enforcement agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Weng was arrested Friday morning in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors said that agents recovered multiple fake documents claiming that Weng was a federal agent, including a cellphone with the INTERPOL logo and a ID card membership to the “International Police Organization.”
He is charged with wire fraud, mail fraud and false personation of a federal officer and faces a maximum sentence of 43 years in prison if convicted.
It’s the second time he’s being accused of impersonating an FBI agent.
Weng pleaded guilty to illegal use of official badges in Feb. 2016 after posing as an FBI Special Agent. He admitted to having fake badges from FBI, ICE and NYPD — and even went further to bolster his tale by purchasing bulletproof vests, handcuffs, a handgun and an ICE hat.
He was sentenced to time served in that case.
Weng was awaiting arraignment in Brooklyn Friday afternoon.
