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Official release · US Department of Justice

New York Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud and Maintaining an Illegal Marijuana Grow House Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Ken Yiu fraudulently obtained $80K in mortgage loan funding to operate an illegal marijuana grow house

1 Oct 2026

• Criminal law
• Enforcement
• Federal policy
• New York, US
• Maine, US

Official release · US Department of Justice

Former city councilmen for Baldwin Park & Compton each sentenced to 18 months re bribes “to obtain official city permits for marijuana cultivation.”

LOS ANGELES – Two former city councilmen for Baldwin Park and Compton were each sentenced to 18 months in federal prison terms today for engaging in corrupt acts while they were elected officials, including the payment and…

27 Aug 2026

• Licensing
• Criminal law
• Local control and zoning
• United States