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Friday, February 1, 2013

Korean Gang Founder Sentenced to 17 Years for Extorting Annandale Businesses

Han Sa Yu pleaded guilty to extortion in November last year.

The founder of a Korean gang was sentenced Friday morning to 17 years and six months in prison for extorting Annandale businesses. Han Sa Yu, 44, founder of the Korean Night Breeders Gang, used "fear, violence and threats of violence to extort Korean businesses operating in Annandale," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Read more: Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses The release further states that Yu, a resident of Maryland, will have three years of supervised released following the end of his more than 17-year sentence in prison. Yu also agreed to pay more than $98,000 in restitution to extortion victims. Yu, who is from South Korea, pleaded…

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Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses and Police, U.S. Attorney’s Office Take Action on Local Sex Trafficking

David Aims

8:09 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sounds like he himself was an illegal immigrant, if not in the letter of the law, then in the spirit of it.   more ›

Friday, June 29, 2012

Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses

Han Sa Yu and Je Hyung Yoo have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and four counts of extortion.

Two men have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and attempted extortion of various Annandale businesses. Han Sa Yu, 43, and Je Hyung Yoo, 29, have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion, and four counts of extortion. Yu and Yoo allegedly threatened and extorted money from "doumi," restaurants, and taxi business owners in Annandale, according to a news release from the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. According to the indictment, the extortion victims allegedly paid between $200 and $1,000 at a time and received threatening reminders each time another payment was due. Both Yu and Yoo are alleged members of a Korean gang in Fairfax County called the Korean Night …

Sabine B

3:16 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

ok , so --- why are "illigal" aliens conductiong entrepreneurial transactions here in the first place? Reading this sounds like a cheap criminal novel - no wonder Annandale has a bad reputation I agree with Kate - anyone parttaking in criminal activiites should have repurcussions -for a person not being here legally it should start with getting them back where they came from. I am a supporter of …   more ›

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