Man Impersonated Green Card Holder to Vote. Then He Reported Him—DOJ
Yupeng Sun allegedly voted under his victim's name in 2024, before reporting the Chinese national and his wife to DHS.
A Chinese national, Yupeng Sun, 33, is accused of impersonating a green card holder from Massachusetts to illegally vote in the 2024 election, before reporting the victim and his wife to immigration authorities. This case, announced by the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Massachusetts, appears to be an unusual twist on the issue of illegal immigrant voting.
Sun, who rented a room from the couple, allegedly submitted an online voter registration in the victim's name using his identifying information, including his Massachusetts driver's license number. Three weeks later, Sun allegedly voted during early voting at Malden City Hall using the victim's name. Sun later confessed to casting the ballot during a July 2026 interview with federal agents.
The case also involves the couple having their green cards revoked and facing potential deportation after filing fraudulent documents to abandon their lawful permanent resident status. The fraudulent filings were later revealed to have been forged by Sun, who expressed resentment towards the family and bad feelings towards the victim's daughter.
Both the couple and Sun had their green cards restored after an immigration judge found the forged documents and concluded that the couple had not submitted the abandonment forms.
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