Overview
- Federal agents joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s investigation about a month before Friday’s reports, creating a joint case into the 74-year-old’s disappearance.
- Deputies are treating the case as a possible kidnapping and are asking the public for tips to help find Naiping Hou.
- Detectives say someone used Hou’s phone for more than a month to pose as him while draining accounts through major fraudulent transactions, including online gold-bar purchases.
- Family and friends sent to his Rancho Cucamonga home in early May 2025 found the furniture gone, fresh but sloppy interior paint, and his cars missing, and he has not been seen since March 18, 2025.
- His son, a well-known cryptocurrency investor, ties the case to the family’s public wealth and is offering a $250,000 reward through a tip site for information leading to his recovery or an arrest.