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UNITED STATES v. SHEN ZHEN NEW WORLD I, LLC

No. 23-972.

115 F.4th 1167 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHEN ZHEN NEW WORLD I, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. Har (argued), James J. Buxton, Brian R. Faerstein, and Veronica Dragalin, Assistant United States Attorneys, Public Corruption & Civil Rights Section; Rajesh R. Srinivasan and Patrick Castaneda, Assistant United States Attorneys; David R. Friedman, Criminal Appeals, Section; Mack E. Jenkins and Bram M. Alden, Assistant United States Attorneys, Chiefs, Criminal Division; E. Martin Estrada, United States Attorney; United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jacob M. Roth (argued), Harry S. Graver, and Alexis Zhang, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Richard M. Steingard, Law Offices of Richard M. Steingard, Los Angeles, California; Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard A. Paez, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

For nearly four years, Chinese billionaire Wei Huang lavished extravagant Las Vegas hotel stays, gambling chips, and prostitutes on then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar. Huang owned and operated Defendant-Appellant Shen Zhen New World I, LLC ("Shen Zhen"), a real estate development company, that...

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