United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy | U.S. Department of Justice
A Chinese kidney transplant surgeon, Zhendi Wang, was sentenced in a Boston federal court for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business linked to his family member's drug trafficking operation. The sentencing was announced today by U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy along with other law enforcement officials.
Zhendi Wang, 44, from Wuhan and a citizen of the People's Republic of China, received a 20-month prison sentence followed by one year of supervised release. This follows his guilty plea in October 2024 to charges related to the unlicensed business operation.
Wang opened bank accounts in Massachusetts where he received $1.2 million between 2020 and 2023 from his family member's online steroids business sales. He then transferred equivalent amounts back to his family member in Chinese currency without the necessary license for such transactions.
The announcement also mentioned that three co-defendants involved in a related money laundering conspiracy are still at large.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lindsey Weinstein and Evan Panich of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit, with assistance from various law enforcement agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations in New England.
"The details contained in the charging document are allegations," it was stated. "The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."
