2 Chinese Nationals Indicted in New York Over Plot to Build Mass-Scale Meth Facility

‘Their goal was terrifying in its ambition,’ U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said.

The Department of Justice seal at a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington on May 16, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

Two Chinese nationals were indicted in New York for allegedly developing and marketing an industrial-scale facility for the mass production of methamphetamine, according to federal prosecutors.

Cui Wenfeng, 41, also known as “Vincen,” and Pang Fan, 26, also known as “Jerry,” were charged in an indictment unsealed on April 27, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The two were arrested in New York City on Feb. 2.