U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe on Sept. 18 sentenced a Chinese chemical company executive to 25 years in prison and three years supervised release for his role in importing fentanyl precursors to the United States.
Qingzhou Wang ran Amarvel Biotech in Hubei, China. A jury in January found Wang and coconspirator Yiyi Chen guilty of fentanyl precursor importation, money laundering, and, in the case of Wang, methamphetamine precursor importation.
“These executives turned a Chinese chemical company into a pipeline of poison, shipping hundreds of kilos of fentanyl-related precursors into the United States, disguising them as everyday goods, and cashing in through cryptocurrency,” Terrance Cole, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said in a statement….
Chinese Importer of Fentanyl Precursors Sentenced to 25 Years
