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Federal charges for property manager connected to Las Vegas illegal biolab dropped
ABC 13 Las Vegas ^ | 5/26/2026 | KTNV Staff

Posted on 05/26/2026 3:08:40 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Ori Solomon, the property manager arrested in connection with an illegal biolab at a Las Vegas short-term rental, is no longer facing federal charges.

Channel 13 learned that Solomon's federal charges were dismissed without prejudice; however, he still faces a criminal charge in Clark County for the improper disposal of hazardous waste.

This all stems from an investigation after local and federal officials discovered what has been called an illegal biological lab inside a home he managed near Washington Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.

Solomon's federal charges came after authorities found multiple firearms at his residence during a search on Jan. 31, 2026. An Israeli citizen in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa, Solomon is not allowed to possess firearms. Prosecutors say multiple guns were seized from his home, according to an affidavit obtained by Channel 13.

The owner of the property where the suspected lab was found, Jia Bei Zhu, was recently found guilty of fraudulently selling more than a million COVID tests for nearly $4 million through his Fresno-based company Universal Meditech Inc.

As of this report, Solomon is due back in Las Vegas Justice Court on June 4.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: biolab; lasvegas; orisolomon; vegas
What in the world is going on with this?
1 posted on 05/26/2026 3:08:40 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Will isn’t that convenient.


2 posted on 05/26/2026 3:13:55 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

With whom is he connected?


3 posted on 05/26/2026 3:15:46 PM PDT by CletusVanDamme (Escape........just get .me outta here!)
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To: CletusVanDamme

> With whom is he connected? <

Either that or he provided important information in return for having the charges dropped.


4 posted on 05/26/2026 3:21:06 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Was he an absentee landlord and the guns and bio weapons were the Chinese’s? Or vice versa? This reporting is useless….


5 posted on 05/26/2026 3:22:11 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Here I am; send me!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Channel 13 can’t even do enough investigative reporting to get a copy of the court ruling?!


6 posted on 05/26/2026 3:32:54 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Chyna?


7 posted on 05/26/2026 4:01:23 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Jia Bei Zhu

Move on...
Nothing suspicious here...
Everyone has the right to possess illegal weapons and a bio-weapons lab...

8 posted on 05/26/2026 4:15:12 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

He is not an US citizen.
He is not allowed to have guns.
They found guns in his house and was arrested.
And magically the charges were dropped anyways.

He must have important friends somewhere in the system.


9 posted on 05/26/2026 4:40:57 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: CletusVanDamme

Based on the name I don’t think you are supposed to say the answer out loud


10 posted on 05/26/2026 5:43:02 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
“An Israeli citizen in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa, ”

Charges dropped? I’m shocked!

11 posted on 05/26/2026 7:22:05 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: thegagline

Was it his gun, or was it the chinaman’s? The article doesn’t even say!


12 posted on 05/26/2026 7:35:56 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Here I am; send me!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
This is not good. The Las Vegas biolab was connected to the other one in California (as discussed previously here on FR).

The federal charges should NOT have been dropped.


13 posted on 05/26/2026 8:47:17 PM PDT by chud
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

The Israeli dude only had gun violations. He doesn’t even own the so-called “biolab,” a suspicious Chinese entity does. But that didn’t stop “MOSSAD BIOLAB!” nonsense on X for months.


14 posted on 05/26/2026 9:40:28 PM PDT by montag813
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To: JZelle; CletusVanDamme; Leaning Right; Uncle Miltie; Skywise; Karliner; SuperLuminal; ...
Well, the prosecutor in this case is Sigal Chattah, who has previously bragged about knowing where bodies are buried. Whose bodies? Who knows.

(This is the same interim attorney, mind you, whose authority to serve as US Attorney for Nevada is only de facto, as she has not been confirmed by the Senate, and the interim designations utilized by the Trump Admin to keep her serving without confirmation are legally questionable at best.)

15 posted on 05/27/2026 8:51:36 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Ah, I see. There it is...

16 posted on 05/27/2026 12:13:03 PM PDT by chud
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Sigal Chattah
H-1B prosecutor???
17 posted on 05/27/2026 3:24:06 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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