Jan. 08--Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow was convicted Friday of racketeering, murder and other charges in a sprawling corruption case that rocked San Francisco's Chinatown and the city's political world.
Chow was found guilty by a federal jury after two days of deliberations on all 162 counts that he faced, according to Abraham Simmons, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco.
Chow went on trial after a lengthy investigation that cost millions in taxpayer dollars and swept up several dozen others -- among them former state Sen. Leland Yee, who pleaded guilty to racketeering in July.
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Chow, prosecutors conceded, may have put on a decent act as gangster turned community servant. But, they argued, behind the scenes of the fraternal organization he controlled, he ran a criminal enterprise that trafficked in weapons, contraband cigarettes and stolen liquor.
The U.S. attorney's office also charged the 55-year-old Chow with arranging the 2006 murder of his Ghee Kung Tong predecessor and with conspiring to kill another man who was shot to death in 2013 along with his wife.
Chow's attorney denied he was guilty and said the investigation was marred by misconduct by an undercover agent.
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