California State Sen. Leland Yee has been indicted on charges of public corruption as a part of multiple arrests made by the FBI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday morning, according to multiple sources.
FBI agents raided Yee’s office in the California State Capitol, taking computers and other documents, while California Highway Patrol officers and the Sergeant at Arms were stationed outside of his office.
The FBI also raided a building in San Francisco’s Chinatown called Ghee Kung Tong Supreme Lodge, a masonic organization linked to the arrest of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, a notorious former San Francisco gangster indicted on charges of racketeering and drug crimes in 1992, San Jose Mercury News reported. Chow was convicted of gun charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but in 2003, he was released after testifying against Peter Chong, an alleged high-ranking leader of a Chinatown gang. Chow’s cooperation with law enforcement reduced his sentence to 11 years. Read more…
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