| Chinese Consulate Sought
Visit With Fentanyl Duo in Humbei Biotech Case
Now Trial 2025
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 8 – The
day after
fentanyl and
China were
denounced by
all eight GOP
candidates in
their debate
in Milwaukee,
two defendants
were brought
shackled into
a federal
courtroom in
New York,
charged with
conspiracy to
important at
least 200
kilograms of
fentanyl
precursors.
Inner City
Press was
there.
Qingzhou Wang
had recently
changed
lawyers, from
a free Federal
Defender to
retained
counsel Daniel
Arshack.
Citing
the change of
counsel, U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Paul G.
Gardephe set
another court
date in the
future,
October 24 at
10 am.
The
Assistant US
Attorney
described
trying to
brute-force
crack the
defendants'
cell phones,
two
each.
Also
charged in the
case is the
company Humbei
Amarvel
Biotech Co.
LTD, which is
unrepresented
in the docket
like a Last
Name Unknown
co-defendant
also known as
Er Yang or
Anita.
Back
on June 28 ,
counsel to
co-defendant
Yiyi Chen
asked Judge
Gardephe,
"I've spoken
to
representatives
of the Chinese
Consulate.
They're here
in court
today. They'd
like to know
if they can
have a brief
non-contact
visit with Ms.
Chen and the
co-defendant
if it's okay
with the Court
and the
marshals."
On
September 5,
now Yiyi Cheng
brought in as
retained
counsel
Shaoming Cheng
(whose only
SDNY case this
is).
On
October 12,
counsel to
Qingzhou Wang
wrote to Judge
Gardephe
complaining
about the
government's
delay in
providing
funds for
translations
to Mandarin
(initially
justified by
the possible
government
shutdown).
Counsel
remains
"available" on
October 24,
though.
On
October 24,
Inner City
Press was on
the 7th floor
of 40 Foley
Square when
the two
defendants
would brought
up by
elevator, in
MDC tan, by
Marshals.
Afterward,
"Status
Conference as
to Qingzhou
Wang held on
10/24/2023...
"the parties
will submit a
joint letter
addressing
whether
appropriate
resources at
the
Metropolitan
Detention
Center have
been made
available to
Defendant Chen
to permit her
review of the
discovery
materials."
On
April 8, 2024,
Judge Gardephe
sent a trial
date - in
2025: "ORDER
as to HUBEI
AMARVEL
BIOTECH CO.,
LTD., Qingzhou
Wang, Yiyi
Chen, FNU LNU:
This case will
proceed to
trial on
January 13,
2025, at 9:30
a.m. The
following
schedule will
apply to
pre-trial
submissions:
1. Motions in
limine,
proposed voir
dire, and
requests to
charge are due
by December
13, 2024. 2.
Responsive
papers are due
by December
20, 2024. The
next
conference in
this case will
take place on
May 23, 2024,
at 10:00 a.m."
The
case is US v.
Humbei Amarvel
Biotech Co.
LTD, et al.,
23-cr-302
(Gardephe)
More
details on
Substack here
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