Thread by @ninaandtito

Former Chinese Diplomat and Head Of U.S. Operations For Chinese Construction Business Convicted Of Engaging In Forced Labor And Related Charges By A Federal Jury
@911corlebra777 @mopeng
justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/f…

Defendant Exploited Laborers Performing Construction Work in the New York City Metropolitan Area
" federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict on all five counts against Dan Zhong, the head of U.S. operations of Chinese Liaoning Rilin Construction (Group) Co. Ltd. (also...

...known as China Rilin) and U.S.-based subsidiaries, including U.S. Rilin, who was formerly a diplomat of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).... Zhong faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment."
This is #LaborTrafficking.

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"“Unlike Chinese Communist elites, Americans do not practice, condone or tolerate forced labor,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. “Mr. Zhong, a former long-time PRC diplomat, believed he could oppress and coerce Chinese construction workers in...

... New York, forcing some to work for years without pay under the threat of physical harm and financial ruin. His crimes not only violate our laws, they contradict the values of this country.” "
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"Although the visa applications prepared for the workers provided that the workers would work only at PRC diplomatic facilities, the evidence at trial established that Zhong and his co-conspirators forced them to work on private construction projects, including a...

...commercial building in midtown Manhattan [LOU NOTE: WHAT BUILDING!?!?!?!?!?!] and private residences in Queens and elsewhere on Long Island. Zhong also used these workers as personal servants, preparing meals, chauffeuring him, and performing yard work..."

THIS IS MOB-LIKE BEHAVIOR.
"Through this scheme, Zhong and his co-conspirators attempted to prevent escape by the workers, at times using violent force. Several workers testified about their families being threatened and forced out of their homes in the PRC by Rilin. One...

... worker testified that after escaping and being re-captured, he was warned that his legs would be broken if he again tried to escape. More recently, Zhong and his co-conspirators abused the legal process in the PRC by photographing a worker and his wife in front of a pile...

... of cash totaling RMB1 million belonging to Rilin and then obtaining from a PRC court an enforcement order against the worker’s wife for RMB1 million after the worker escaped."

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney: “This didn’t take place in a foreign country, this happened here in Manhattan, on Long Island and New Jersey. No human being deserves to be treated this way, in any country. Mr. Zhong and others may have believed they could get away...

... with human trafficking and forced labor in this country because of the Chinese government’s disregard of the laws where it operates, but they will now face justice for their crimes.”" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

"“With the hopes of attaining the proverbial American dream, victims were brought to the U.S. by Zhong, only to be forced to live in cramped, unsafe conditions, with locks on the doors so they could not escape,” stated HSI Special Agent-in-Charge Melendez. “Many worked 14 hour..

... days for years, submitting to threats of financial ruin to their families or threats of violence. Forced labor simply put is modern day slavery and this investigation shed light on the willingness of criminals to exploit people for personal financial gain. We will seek...

...prosecution of anyone who looks to increase their profit by forcing people to work with no pay.”
P.S. This is US Attorney Donoghue: nydailynews.com/new-york/richa…

note that he was not a trump appointee. Sessions nominated him as an interim and then federal judges picked him to stay until tRUmp nominates someone permanent. this also means he is not Senate confirmed. However. He's going hard at org crime that ties in to trumpland.

For example: Donoghue is going after abusive sex cult, NXIVM.
That's Donoghue's name signed on the bottom of this indictment.
And NXIVM ties in to.....ROGER FLIPPING STONE. And @SenGillibrand's father. (Her dad = mob AF. She's mob-spawn).
justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/f…

newsweek.com/roger-stone-nx…

that spin about the "rancorous split" with trump in 2015-it's bullshit spin, ignore that part. but note that both Stone & Gillibrand's daddy were on the payroll of NXIVM.