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flag Ken Yiu, 49, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and running an illegal marijuana grow in Maine, falsely claiming the home as his primary residence while distributing cannabis to Massachusetts buyers from 2020 to 2024.

flag Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, has pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and operating an illegal marijuana grow in St. Albans, Maine, falsely claiming a home there would be his primary residence while using it to cultivate and distribute cannabis to buyers in Massachusetts from 2020 to 2024. flag Federal agents discovered the operation in January 2025, and Yiu faces up to 30 years in prison and fines exceeding $1 million. flag His case is part of a broader federal investigation into illegal grow operations in rural Maine, many linked to Chinese nationals, involving financial fraud, forced labor, and hazardous growing practices. flag Over 30 people have been arrested in connection with these operations, with more than 100 unlicensed grow sites reportedly using medical cannabis licenses.

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