College students try to pay for tuition using stolen credit cards, police say

Two University of New Hampshire students have been accused of trying to pay their tuition with stolen credit cards.Chunyang Li, 20, and Chenghan Wang, 23 -- both foreign students from China --- allegedly used 11 different credit cards in all, authorities said.Investigators said the cards were stolen from nine locations throughout the United States and one from Australia.School staffers said the credit cards the two men provided kept getting denied and followed up with a report to police.The two men face felony level charges and were arrested on May 16 at their apartment on Cottage Street.“We are finding that more and more on campus that people's identities have been stolen and fraudulently used and I think this is something that is happening nationwide and cybersecurity of your own identity, credit cards and personal information should be everyone's top priority,” UNH Police Chief Paul Dean said.The two men have been released on bail, but to make sure they don't try to leave the country, their passports have been taken away, authorities said.

Two University of New Hampshire students have been accused of trying to pay their tuition with stolen credit cards.



Chunyang Li, 20, and Chenghan Wang, 23 -- both foreign students from China --- allegedly used 11 different credit cards in all, authorities said.


Investigators said the cards were stolen from nine locations throughout the United States and one from Australia.

School staffers said the credit cards the two men provided kept getting denied and followed up with a report to police.

The two men face felony level charges and were arrested on May 16 at their apartment on Cottage Street.

“We are finding that more and more on campus that people's identities have been stolen and fraudulently used and I think this is something that is happening nationwide and cybersecurity of your own identity, credit cards and personal information should be everyone's top priority,” UNH Police Chief Paul Dean said.

The two men have been released on bail, but to make sure they don't try to leave the country, their passports have been taken away, authorities said.