Two Chinese citizens from Shanghai were charged for running a wide-ranging conspiracy involving operating a criminal enterprise, importing drugs, and money laundering. Prosecutors said the drugs directly led to the overdose deaths of two people in Akron, Ohio.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the unsealing of the 43-count indictment at a federal court in Cleveland, Ohio on Aug. 22, which charged Zheng Fujing, as known as Gordon Jin, 35, and his father, Zheng Guanghua, 62, for manufacturing and shipping fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37 states throughout America, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.
