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Williamsburg’s designer-clad dine-and-dasher could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned.
34-year-old wannabe influencer Pei Chung has been in jail since Friday over theft-of-service charges following her bill-skipping spree, hitting at least 11 high-end restaurants around Brooklyn since October.
She has also been slapped with an immigration warrant, according to the Department of Corrections website. A law enforcement source said Chung has overstayed her student visa.
That means it’s likely Chung will have to face a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement hearing after she appears in court Wednesday, immigration attorney Gadi Zohar told The Post.
“It could trigger her being taken away if she had a visa that expired,” Zohar speculated to The Post as to what could happen next to Chung.
“The criminal charges are probably what triggered the [Immigration] warrant. [Immigration officers will] likely pick her up from Rikers and take her to the immigration detention center,” he added.
Chung’s immigration status and whether she is permitted to work in the US are not publicly known.
The faux influencer — mostly seen wearing designer shoes, carrying Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermes belts on her Instagram — came to the US in 2019 as a student on a scholarship to attend Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute until 2021. It is not believed she has any other family members in the US.
According to her Linkedin page, her last job was in 2023, when she claims she worked as a consultant for Chase bank as a Senior User Experience Designer for eight months.
Chung — who has been snapping photos of carbonara, salmon and steak all over Williamsburg for her blog, then stiffing eateries — also says she worked as a user experience (UX) designer and user interface designer between December 2021 and September 2022 on her Linkedin.
Around the time that job finished is when Chung stopped paying rent on her $3,350-a-month studio apartment in a luxury Williamsburg building owned by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Her lease in the building expired in August 2024 and she is facing eviction next month after falling $40,000 behind in rent, according to court papers.
A judge has ordered Chung to leave the building by December 1, although she very could still be in custody at that time.
Chung, who refers to herself on Instagram as “99 lb, no plastic surgery,” was arrested for the seventh time last Friday.
Her bail has been set at $4,500 cash, but she was still listed as in custody as of Tuesday afternoon.
“Even if she raises bail, immigration wont let her go,” Zohar warned to The Post.
She was sent to Rikers after being arrested while enjoying her latest fraudulent feast at Mole Mexican Bar and Grill on Kent avenue in Williamsburg. She had ordered $149 in food then refused to pay, according to cops.
“I don’t think entitlement is a strong enough word,” John Winterman, the fed-up owner of Francie, a restaurant she has struck twice, told The Post Monday after learning Chung had been jailed.
Chung’s arrest at Mole follows a string of other extravagant meal scams, including at Hole in the Wall on Bedford Ave. on Nov. 19; and 12 Chairs on Nov. 17, where she photographed a mezze spread.
The Post also reported Chung even allegedly offered sex for a free meal at Peter Luger steakhouse on Oct. 17.
And while Chung has been savoring dishes like foie gras and carbonara pasta, her dining behind bars will be from a more lackluster menu — including, “Pizza Pockets,” with sides of “steamed white cabbage, cucumber salad and chilled peaches,” per one of Rikers’ latest menus.
