Man captured in Taiwan after taking $3M from account in California home invasion, police say

A person accused of transferring $3 million from a lady’s account in a brazen residence invasion in San Francisco is again in California after his seize in Taiwan, police stated.

Tianze Zhang, a 30-year-old from Los Angeles, was booked Friday on suspicion of first-degree housebreaking, kidnapping for ransom, and making prison threats, based on San Francisco County Jail data.

It wasn’t clear if he has authorized illustration within the case. The San Francisco Public Defender’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Police stated Zhang is the one who, on the night of March 16, broke into a house in Bernal Heights, assaulted its sole occupant, restrained her, and threatened her till he had sufficient info to take $3 million from her account by way of transfers.

“The suspect demanded cash from the sufferer, brandished a weapon, and threatened additional hurt if she didn’t cooperate,” the San Francisco Police Division stated in a written assertion.

The suspect fled with the sufferer’s cellphones, police stated. The sufferer was injured within the residence invasion, they stated.

San Francisco police stated that, with the assistance of the FBI and worldwide legislation enforcement, housebreaking detectives discovered Zhang in Taiwan, the place he was detained till metropolis detectives might retrieve him.

The division stated the case remained beneath investigation.

Zhang was being held with out bail. No upcoming courtroom dates had been listed in his jail data.