Tonawanda Restaurant Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Undocumented Workers
Investigators said he allowed migrants to live in his home and work at Sushi Queen for months, and faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Restaurant owner pleads guilty to transporting immigrants
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The owner of Sushi Queen pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport immigrants lacking permanent legal status, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday. In March 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the town of Tonawanda restaurant owned by 35-year-old Ping Ye of Amherst. That search was initiated after a traffic stop [...]
Ye Ping, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in upstate New York, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants for profit, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. His van was stopped and found to be carrying five Guatemalan illegal immigrants, making the restaurant a focus of the investigation.
A 35-year-old Chinese man, Ping Ye, from Amherst County, upstate New York, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the United States for financial gain. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, Michael DiGiacomo, announced Ye's guilty plea on the 14th. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine; the specific sentence will be determined by the court separately.
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