五名中国公民在路易斯安那州被起诉 涉分销100公斤以上大麻
2025年6月4日，美国司法部宣布，位于路易斯安那州奥尔良堂区新奥尔良市的路易斯安那东区联邦检察官办公室解封两份起诉书，五名中国公民与一名美国公民被控共谋分销100公斤以上大麻。联邦大陪审团已于2025年5月22日提交这两份起诉书。
被告共六人：Hanjie Wu，25岁；Yilei Zhou，35岁；Zihang Zeng，24岁；Like Chen，34岁，已入籍的美国公民；Wei Bin Chen，34岁，美国永久居民；以及Aaron Steele，45岁，来自密西西比州哈蒂斯堡市。司法部说，五名中国公民中有三人在美国非法居留。
六人均被控共谋分销并持有意图分销含有可检出量大麻的混合物，涉案数量在100公斤以上。司法部说，若罪名成立，每人面临最低5年、最高40年联邦监禁，最高500万美元罚款，出狱后至少4年监管释放，外加100美元特别评估费。Hanjie Wu与Aaron Steele另被控在德克萨斯州、路易斯安那州与密西西比州之间跨州旅行以协助犯罪活动，该项罪名最高可判5年监禁。
代理联邦检察官 Michael M. Simpson 宣布了这项起诉。此案由美国缉毒局与圣塔马尼堂区、利文斯顿堂区、福雷斯特县的警长办公室及皮卡尤恩市警察局调查，助理联邦检察官 André Jones 与 Nolan D. Paige 负责起诉。此案是司法部「夺回美国」行动的一部分。起诉书只是指控，六名被告在被法庭证明有罪之前推定无罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
Five Chinese Nationals Charged in Louisiana With Conspiring to Distribute More Than 100 Kilograms of Marijuana
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in New Orleans, a city in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, had unsealed two indictments charging five Chinese nationals and one U.S. citizen with conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. A federal grand jury had returned the two indictments on May 22, 2025.
The six defendants are Hanjie Wu, 25; Yilei Zhou, 35; Zihang Zeng, 24; Like Chen, 34, a naturalized U.S. citizen; Wei Bin Chen, 34, a lawful permanent resident; and Aaron Steele, 45, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Justice Department said three of the five Chinese nationals were in the United States unlawfully.
All six are charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a mixture containing a detectable amount of marijuana, in a quantity of 100 kilograms or more. The department said that, if convicted, each faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years in federal prison, a fine of up to $5 million, at least four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Hanjie Wu and Aaron Steele are also charged with interstate travel in aid of racketeering activity between Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, which carries up to five years in prison.
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced the charges. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case with the sheriff's offices of St. Tammany and Livingston parishes and Forrest County and the Picayune Police Department, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys André Jones and Nolan D. Paige are prosecuting it. The case is part of the Justice Department's Operation Take Back America. An indictment is only an allegation, and all six defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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