Wu pleaded not guilty in a Manorhaven meet. A second pickup is not the first $30,000.

Attempted grand larceny and a drug count are accusations. A police theory tying Han Bing Wu to a second meet is not proof he participated in the first $30,000 loss. A not-guilty plea and release without bail are process. Wu, 31, of Flushing, Queens, pleaded not guilty Sept. 18 in First District Court in Hempstead and is due back Oct. 7.

On Sept. 13, 2026, an 84-year-old Manorhaven woman received a computer alert described as a Citibank fraud warning, called the number on the screen, and was told to withdraw $30,000 in cash for an "FBI agent," as reported. She withdrew the cash and gave it to an unidentified man, then realized it was a scam and called police. Four days later, detectives learned she had been contacted again for an additional $18,000. Police say Wu responded to meet her and collect that money, and that he was not the man who took the first $30,000. He was arrested Sept. 17 without incident, before collecting the additional money. A meet, a police identification, and an arrest before a handoff are investigation claims. They are not a finding that he joined the first loss or completed a theft.

Detectives also found a substance they believe to be ketamine. That belief is a police claim in the reporting. It is not, on these facts, a stated laboratory result, and the possession count is still an accusation. He is charged with attempted grand larceny in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. He pleaded not guilty Sept. 18 in First District Court in Hempstead, was released without bail, and is due back Oct. 7. A plea, a release, and a return date are process. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.