Posted on 07/18/2019 4:46:14 PM PDT by ransomnote
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport has admitted running an illegal gun operation, authorities said. Wei Xu, 56, of Santa Fe Springs, was arrested Feb. 5 after an investigation involving undercover officers to whom Xu sold three guns out of the trunk of his car, including an “off-roster” pistol, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. He has been on unpaid administrative leave since his arrest and will be fired, according to Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office. In court Wednesday, Xu pleaded guilty to illegally selling guns on the internet, some of which he obtained by using his power as a law enforcement official, and to creating a fake company to avoid paying taxes, prosecutors said. He also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing unregistered firearms and making false statements to a federal agency about his involvement with a Chinese company to get a secret-level security clearance. ADVERTISEMENT “Mr. Xu’s public life as a federal officer masked his private greed and disrespect for the law,” U.S. Atty. Nick Hanna said in a news release. “Public officials promise to act with integrity when they take an oath of office, and we will zealously prosecute those who mock the laws they have sworn to uphold.” Prosecutors said that between the late 1990s and when he was arrested, Xu sold at least 99 guns without a license, some within days of buying them. Officials said he increased his profits by exploiting his status as a law enforcement officer to buy handguns that can’t be sold to the public by a federal licensed dealer. When investigators searched Xu’s home in February, they found more than 250 weapons, including 41 machine guns and two short-barreled rifles.
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Perp, Wei Xu.
Let's hire HIM as all-American gate keeper..!!
This guy will be GREAT..!
Lessay you visit Japan..?
The face that scrutinizes you at Japanese customs:
100% Japanese, not the tiniest doubt and he/she is polite.
American customs:
50% real Americans, 90% needlessly rude.
Figures, but someone who had a Chinese spy working for her for 20 years shouldn’t be investigated? For all we know, Di-Fi knew that Chinese woman at Mar-a-Lago.
I laughed when I read the following:
U.S. Atty. Nick Hanna said in a news release — and we will zealously prosecute those who mock the laws they have sworn to uphold
can you say sanctuary town, city, state
where did he get the 41 machine guns
Sorry I posted the wrong link to that story:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article232802597.html
After intruder’s arrest, other lapses, top Democrats push Mar-a-Lago security review
Wei Xu Go!
>> where did he get the 41 machine guns
I’m willing to bet he took them from people unable to object...
“...investigators searched Xu’s home in February, they found more than 250 weapons, including 41 machine guns and two short-barreled rifles.”
You’re right, but he had 250 weapons total (which included 41 machines guns). That at least bumps the needle off the bottom pin of the “arsenal gauge”.
41 machine guns...and I can’t even have ONE. Not fair, not fair, not fair.
I don’t find any issue with this guys actions. He decided some federal laws were “not applicable” or not in the best interests of hisself or his customers.
Other foreign agent subversives.
Nobody. That would be racist. Couldn't have that doncha know.
I’ll take the FN-D, the FrankenFAL, and the wheel-mount Goryunov....
41? that’s just stupid. 20 is more than enough.
Didn’t anyone tell him that Obama and Holder were no longer in charge of gun running coverups?
Not illegal. Undocumented dreamer guns.
That stash is varied enough that it almost seems more like an order fulfillment shipment from many customers rather than PLA preplacement or a delivery from/to a single source.
At least he didn’t shoot up any country concerts. That is another norm for gun runners who sell 5 a year.
Sum Ting Wong with 41 machine guns?
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