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Two SoCal Men Named in 19-Count Indictment Alleging Chinese Money Funded Inland Empire Marijuana Grow Houses
“9 residential homes in San Bernardino County were purchased, converted into illegal grow houses.”
Cc: @911CORLEBRA777 @mopeng @Stephaniefishm4 justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/t…
“9 residential homes in San Bernardino County were purchased, converted into illegal grow houses.”
Cc: @911CORLEBRA777 @mopeng @Stephaniefishm4 justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/t…
“Lin Li aka Aaron Li, 37, of Chino, U.S.-based coordinator of the alleged scheme, & Jimmy Yu, 44, of Pasadena, an alleged grow house caretaker, charged w conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, & possess with intent to distribute marijuana, & to maintain a drug-involved premises.”
“unindicted co-conspirators wired millions of dollars from China to bank accounts controlled by Li, a real estate agent. Li allegedly then used straw buyers, shell companies, straw tenants, fake utility subscribers, and phony leases to disguise the properties’ illegal purpose”
“a straw buyer purchased a Chino Hills residence for $782,000 in 2015. The straw buyer was named as CEO of a Li-established limited liability company, and that LLC received a $1 million wire transfer from a Hong Kong-based investment group. The vast majority...
... of the purchase price of the house was then wired from the LLC’s bank account, the affidavit states.”
“This matter is the result of a 14-mo investigation initiated by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department which later was joined by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations.”
“This matter is the result of a 14-mo investigation initiated by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department which later was joined by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations.”
