49岁的Ken Yiu对抵押贷款欺诈和在缅因州非法种植大麻认罪,从2020年到2024年向马萨诸塞州的买主分发大麻期间谎称住宅是其主要住所。 Ken Yiu, 49, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and running an illegal marijuana grow in Maine, falsely claiming the home as his primary residence while distributing cannabis to Massachusetts buyers from 2020 to 2024.

纽约市49岁的Ken Yiu对抵押欺诈和在缅因州圣奥尔本非法种植大麻表示服罪,并谎称从2020年至2024年,在马萨诸塞州种植大麻和向买主分发大麻时,他的主要住所将是他的住宅。 Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, has pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and operating an illegal marijuana grow in St. Albans, Maine, falsely claiming a home there would be his primary residence while using it to cultivate and distribute cannabis to buyers in Massachusetts from 2020 to 2024. 联邦特工于2025年1月发现了这次行动,将面临30年监禁和超过100万美元的罚款。 Federal agents discovered the operation in January 2025, and Yiu faces up to 30 years in prison and fines exceeding $1 million. 他的案件是联邦对缅因州农村非法种植活动进行更广泛调查的一部分,其中许多活动与中国国民有关,涉及金融欺诈、强迫劳动和危险种植做法。 His case is part of a broader federal investigation into illegal grow operations in rural Maine, many linked to Chinese nationals, involving financial fraud, forced labor, and hazardous growing practices. 30多人因参与这些行动而被捕,据报告,100多个没有许可证的种植场使用医用大麻执照。 Over 30 people have been arrested in connection with these operations, with more than 100 unlicensed grow sites reportedly using medical cannabis licenses.