Feng Chen This is Me

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1. 1. ABQJOURNAL: Man Indicted in Illegal Immigrant Case Accepts Plea Deal

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   Published on: 5/5/2005   Last Visited: 5/5/2005

   Feng Chen, 39, owner of Great Wall Buffet, pleaded guilty to federal charges of harboring and inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally and knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, according to documents filed last week in federal court. He is to be sentenced Aug. 30 before U.S. District Judge James Browning, who must approve the plea agreement. The deal calls for Chen to face up to six months in prison plus probation and forfeit $6,000 seized in April 2004 and $14,090 in restaurant funds held by a company that provides electronic payment products. The Great Wall Buffet corporation also accepted a plea agreement under which it would forfeit $20,090, part of which includes the funds held by the electronic payments firm. The other restaurants indicted were Grand China and China Wok. Chen and five other people were arrested in July on a 115-count federal indictment that accused them of harboring or concealing undocumented immigrants from China, Guatemala, Indonesia and Mexico and of laundering more than $10 million between November 2003 and April 2004.

2. 2. The Albuquerque Tribune: Local

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   Published on: 5/4/2005   Last Visited: 5/5/2005

   Feng Chen, the 39-year-old owner of the Great Wall Buffet on Albuquerque's West Side, pleaded guilty to federal charges of harboring and inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally and hiring them knowing they were in the country illegally, according to documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
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   Under a stipulated agreement that Browning must still approve, Chen will face from zero to six months in prison plus a probation sentence of a yet to be determined length.
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   Chen must also forfeit $6,000 seized in April 2004 and $14,090 in restaurant funds held by Orion Payment Systems, which provides electronic cash and credit pay products.
   
   Also accepting a plea agreement last week was the Great Wall Buffet corporation. Under the agreement, the corporation will forfeit $20,090, a portion of which includes the funds held by Orion.
   
   Chen and the other defendants were arrested in July on a 115-count federal indictment charging them with harboring or concealing undocumented immigrants and laundering more than $10 million between November 2003 to April 2004.

3. 3. The Albuquerque Tribune: Local

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   Published on: 3/12/2005   Last Visited: 3/13/2005

   A sixth defendant - Great Wall Buffet owner Feng Chen, 39 - is not part of the plea agreement. His trial is scheduled to begin in October.