Nicholas Mui Pleaded Guilty in Meijer Loyalty Program Fraud Case, Forfeits Crypto

Nicholas Mui, 22, from Grand Haven, Michigan, has pleaded guilty in the 17th Circuit Court in Kent County to conducting a criminal enterprise, involving the theft and sale of Mperks account access information. 

Mui is required to forfeit his computer tower and approximately $630,000 in frozen cryptocurrency and cash. 

He compromised Mperks, a loyalty program by Meijer, by selling login credentials obtained from a different data breach, which led to the fraudulent use of customer points. 

Complaints received in April and May 2023 triggered a joint investigation by Meijer, Michigan State Police, and the FORCE Team, culminating in Mui’s arrest in January.

The FORCE Team includes a U.S. postal inspector, two assistant attorneys general, Michigan State Police detectives, special agents from the Department of Attorney General’s Criminal Investigations Division, and an FBI special agent from the Detroit Fraud and Financial Crimes Task Force. Meijer has compensated over $1 million to affected customers.