Lin Qiu is a Chinese woman who lives in Texas, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

  1. She is a resident of Plano, Texas. (a)
  2. In 2015, she was admitted to the U.S. on a student exchange visa. She applied for asylum. (a)
  3. She drives a 2016 Mercedes Benz. (a)
  4. On August 1, 2017, she took to Instagram to share a photo of herself and tagged Hyatt Regency Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, USA as her location. In the caption, she wrote, "The first day in Chicago." (b)
  5. On April 7, 2018, she posted on Instagram a photo of herself and tagged San Antonio, Texas as her location. (b)
  6. On February 14, 2019, she posted on Instagram photos of herself at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA. From July 2019 to December 2019, she took to Instagram to share heavily filtered photos of herself and tagged several parts of Texas as her locations including San Antonio, Austin and Houston. (b)
  7. In 2020, she took to Instagram to share heavily filtered photos of herself and tagged several parts of Texas as her locations including Frisco, Dallas, Plano. (b)
  8. From January 2021 to August 2021, she took to Instagram to share heavily filtered photos of herself and tagged several parts of Texas as her locations including Dallas, Frisco and Plano. (b)
  9. She was allegedly part of an organized crime ring in the U.S. that conned elderly victims into buying as much as $4 million in gift cards which were then redeemed by the criminals. In the summer of 2021, she personally redeemed 2,000 Walmart shopping and gift cards. (a)
  10. Between May 8, 2021 and July 7, 2021, she redeemed shopping and gift cards worth $740,000, according to Walmart investigators. In the following weeks, she redeemed more cards worth $491,000, detectives found out. On July 25, 2021, she posted on Instagram heavily filtered photos of herself while eating out with friends and tagged Dallas as their location. In the caption, she wrote, "Early Bday dinner with friends." (a)(b)
  11. On August 22, 2021, she posted on Instagram a heavily filtered photo of herself and tagged Plano as her location. In the caption, she wrote "part time makeup artist." On August 30, 2021, she posted on Instagram heavily filtered photos of herself wearing a green dress and tagged Frisco as her location. In the caption, she wrote, "Working hard pays off time to dress up and have a good time." (b)
  12. She was 28 years old when she was arrested in September 2021. She was charged with engaging in organized crime, theft, money laundering and exploitation of the elderly. She was held on a $500,000 bond. (a)

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Lin Qiu (©Tarrant County Jail)
Lin Qiu (©Tarrant County Jail)

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