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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | May 2008 
Woman Found With US $205 Million in House Ordered to Stand Trial in Mexico
 Associated Press
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| | Ever wonder what over $205,000,000 USD in cash looks like? (insert: Zhenli Ye Gon) | | |
Mexico City - A judge has ordered a woman to stand trial on charges of using illicit funds after authorities seized $205 million US in alleged drug money from her Mexico City mansion in 2007.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that the judge ruled evidence warranted a trial of Tomoiyi Marx Yu, the wife of Chinese-born businessman Zhenli Ye Gon. Ye Gon is being held in the United States pending trial on drug charges.
Prosecutors say Ye Gon allegedly built the fortune by dealing in pseudoephedrine, the precursor chemical for methamphetamines. His wife has said she did not know about the money, which was found hidden in a sealed-off room.
An associate of Ye Gon, Ye Yong Qing, was also ordered to stand trial on the same charges. |
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