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December 23, 2009
Ask Sacto911: Elk Grove man, others convicted in gang case

CHINESE SMUGGLING[1].JPGQ: What is the status of the federal case against John Luong? - Anonymous, Elk Grove

A: John That Luong of Elk Grove is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of various charges in federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento.

Luong (2001 file photo at left) was among six defendants who have all been convicted of charges ranging from robbery and use of firearms to murder, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Luong, Minh Huynh, Thongsouk Theng Lattanaphon and Hoang Ai Le were found guilty by a jury on Dec. 14, 2007. They are scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 19.

Thy Chann and Hoang Nguyen were found guilty by jury on June 9, 2003. Chann was sentenced to life in prison on Dec. 17, 2007. Nguyen was sentenced to life on Aug. 20, 2003.

According to Bee reports, Luong and Le were among four men found guilty in federal court in San Francisco of major crimes.

Both were members of a gang that stole millions of dollars in computer parts in three states in the mid-1990s, investigators said.

Luong was sentenced to 88 years in prison and Le to 20 years in prison by a judge in San Francisco in 2001 for conspiracy, racketeering and armed robbery.

The sentences capped a joint federal-state-local investigation, dubbed Bytes Dust, of approximately 30 robberies and attempted robberies of electronics companies from 1994 to 1996 in California, Oregon and Minnesota.

Also sentenced in San Francisco was Mady Chan of Elk Grove to 75 years and Huy Chi "Jimmy" Luong of Elk Grove to 25 years.

John Luong and Le were also convicted of distributing heroin in the San Francisco case and had been serving federal sentences for immigrant smuggling.

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