United States v. Shen Zhen New World I, LLC
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-972 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:20-cr-00326-
JFW-
v.
SHEN ZHEN NEW WORLD I, LLC,
OPINION
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted July 19, 2024 Pasadena, California
Filed September 11, 2024
Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard A. Paez, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Sanchez USA V. SHEN ZHEN NEW WORLD I, LLC
SUMMARY*
Criminal Law
The panel affirmed a real estate development company’s convictions on three counts of honest services mail and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, 1346; one count of federal-program bribery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(2); and four counts of interstate and foreign travel in aid of racketeering, in violation of the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3). The company, Shen Zhen New World I, LLC (“Shen Zhen”), was owned and operated by Chinese billionaire Wei Huang who, for nearly forty years, lavished extravagant Las Vegas hotel…