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Two Charged in 2001 Murder of Karaoke Club Security Guard
LEV L. DASSIN, the United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the
Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and RAYMOND W. KELLY,
the Police Commissioner of the City of New York ("NYPD"),
announced today the filing of an Indictment charging (surnames
listed last) GUANG JU LIN, a/k/a "Ah Gui," a/k/a "Yi Gui," and
YUDI LIU, a/k/a "Tae Bo," a/k/a "Ah Bo," with murder in aid of
racketeering. Both defendants are currently in custody.
According to the Indictment filed in Manhattan federal court:
GUANG JU LIN and YUDI LIU were members and associates
of an organized criminal enterprise based in the Chinatown
section of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Flushing section of
Queens, that engaged in numerous crimes, including murder,
extortion, illegal gambling, the collection of extensions of
credit through extortionate means, and narcotics trafficking. On
December 11, 2001, GUANG JU LIN and YUDI LIU murdered and aided
and abetted the murder of DANNY CABEZAS (who was then employed as
a security guard at a karaoke club in Queens, New York) in
connection with their membership in the Ah Jun Organization.
GUANG JU LIN and YUDI LIU were each charged with one
count of violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity. If
found guilty each faces a maximum sentence of death or life imprisonment, and a fine of the greater of $250,000, or twice the
gross gain or loss resulting from the crime.
YUDI LIU, 26, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on
August 3, 2009, and appeared before United States Magistrate
Judge GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN yesterday on the charge. GUANG JU
LIN, 32, of Los Angeles, California, is currently detained by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California and is expected
to be arraigned in the Southern District of New York within the
next several weeks. This case has been assigned to United States
District Judge SIDNEY H. STEIN.
Mr. DASSIN praised the work of the FBI and the NYPD,
specifically the FBI-NYPD Asian Organized Crime Task Force, which
conducted the investigation, and thanked the Queens District
Attorney's Office for their assistance.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely
accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and
until proven guilty.
Assistant United States Attorneys JONATHAN B. NEW and
AVI WEITZMAN are in charge of the prosecution.
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