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4/20/12 – Yuan Superseding Information
4/20/12 – Yuan pleads guilty
Indictment of Shu Bei (Kathy) Yuan for illegally importing Chinese-origin honey into the United States
2/17/11 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Chinese honey importer arrested for allegedly evading US import duties - A Chinese business agent for several honey import companies was arrested in Los Angeles on federal charges filed in Chicago for allegedly conspiring to illegally import Chinese-origin honey that was falsely identified to avoid U.S. anti-dumping duties.

4/16/12 – Plea Agreements Filed in Wolff Case: Giesselbach and Von Buddenbrock.
6/17/11 – Special Agent Gauder's Affidavit In Support of Government's Opposition To Motion To Quash Service Of Summons On The Indictment – Motion and Exhibit A.
5/24/11 – United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Divison – 2,441 drums of honey will be destroyed by authorities.
9/1/10 – NBC Chicago – Funny Honey: Chicago Firms in Smuggling Scheme – U.S Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald on Wednesday announced an indictment against 11 German and Chinese executives and six corporations for a scheme to smuggle illegally produced-Chinese honey in to the United States.
9/1/10 – U.S. Department of Justice – Eleven German and Chinese Executives and Six Companies Tied To German Food Conglomerate Indicated on Federal Charges Alleging Global Conspiracy to Illegally Import Chinese Honey – Plot allegedly avoided nearly $80 million in U.S. antidumping duties; some honey allegedly tainted with antibiotics.
9/1/2010 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – 11 individuals, 6 companies indicted for alleged global conspiracy to illegally import Chinese honey – Plot allegedly avoided paying nearly $80 million in U.S. antidumping duties; Some honey allegedly "adulterated" with antibiotics.

12/20/10 – Bellevue Man Sentenced to Prison Over Counterfeit Honey Imports – Chung Po Liu, 70, of Bellevue, Washington, was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison, and six months of home detention as part of a year of supervised release, and $400,000 in restitution for counterfeit honey imports.
8/26/10 – Plea agreement by Chung Po Liu – According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Liu admits that from 2005 to 2008 he imported 22 shipments of re-labeled Chinese honey. Under the plea terms, Liu must forfeit twice his gross profit – $400,000 – and four seized honey shipments. Prosecutors will ask that he be sentenced to two years in prison.
5/6/09 – Washington man and Chinese national charged in honey import conspiracy; Illegal import scheme cost United States millions.

8/19/10 – Chinese national pleads guilty in scheme to defraud U.S. over honey imports. False paperwork used to hide Chinese origin of honey; one shipment tainted with banned chemical.

11/5/10 – Honey importer sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to evade US import duties.
8/4/10 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Taiwanese honey importer pleads guilty to conspiring to evade US import duties – A Taiwanese executive of several honey import companies pleaded guilty to conspiring to avoid more than $5 million in U.S. anti-dumping duties by illegally importing Chinese-origin honey that was falsely identified as coming from South Korean, Taiwan, Thailand and India.