Man arrested for creating phony US Army unit

Yupeng Deng, also known as David Deng, is suspected of recruiting more than 100 Chinese nationals into the unit by offering a path to citizenship, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office officials said.

Deng is suspected of charging recruits fees between $300 and $450 with renewal fees of $120 each year. Recruits could move up in rank if they paid higher fees, officials said.Deng, 51, was arrested Tuesday by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies assisting the F.B.I. and the Department of Criminal Investigated Services. Deng is being charged with 13 counts of theft by false pretenses, manufacturing deceptive government documents and counterfeit of an official government seal.

Deng is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday at Pomona Superior Court. He is being held on $500,000 bail.

If convicted Deng faces up to eight years, four months in prison.

Deng was also charged on April 6 with one count possession of child pornography after an earlier search of his home. The pornography was found on his home computer, officials said.

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