Pays $50,000, serves part of 25-year prison time
A foreign national has pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking illegal drug of Methamphetamine, Meth, in exchange for dismissalof possession charge in return for payment of $50,000 fine, the minimum fine required and served a part of the minimum 25-year prison time.
The maximum penalty for trafficking hard drugs is $1,000,000 fine and 50 years in prison.
He is YonjunLi, believed to a Chinese citizen who was arrested and charged in early 2025 and was able to reach a plea agreement with the government according to the judgement by Presiding Justice Kathleen Salii on September 15, 2025 but able to pay the fine on May 19, 2026.
He shall self deport after which he will be blacklisted and should he return, he shall serve the rest of 25 years in prison.
