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Michael H. Artan (State Bar No. 97393)
One Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200
Los Angeles, California 90017
Tele: 213/688-0370 Fax: 213/627-9201
Email: michaelartan@yahoo.com
Counsel for Defendant
Kaan You Lay

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

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COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

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PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA,

Case Number FSB1502254

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Plaintiff,
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KOAN YOU LAY,
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Defendant.

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DEFENDANT KOAN YOU LAY'S
MOTION TO SUPPRESS WIRETAP
EVIDENCE; POINTS AND
AUTHORITIES; and DECLARATION OF
COUNSEL
Date: August 25, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m.
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TO THE CLERK OF COURT, PARTIES AND COUNSEL:

THIS IS NOTICE that on August 25, 2015, in Department 812, at 8:30 a.m., defendant Koan

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You Lay will move this Court for an order suppressing the wiretap evidence in this case and all

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evidence derived from the suppressed wiretap evidence. This motion is based on the papers and

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pleadings on file, this motion, the attached Declaration of Michael H. Artan, Points and Authorities

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and such further argument or evidence as the Court may hear.

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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: August 14, 2015
Michael H. Artan
Counsel for Defendant
Koan You Lay
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 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
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I.

INTRODUCTION

Courts and Congress have long recognized the intrusive nature of wiretaps and have placed
specific and narrow limitations on their use ..Among these limitations are:
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Restrictions as to which public officials are empowered to apply for
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Jurisdictional requirements that the wiretap authorizations may be
issued by courts where the listening post is sited or where the

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telephone calls are made from.
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Both these limitations were plainly violated in the wiretaps utilized in this case:
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First, an unauthorized applicant was the signatory in each of the wiretap applications at hand.
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Cases in which authorization are obtained in state court derive from federal wiretap authorization in
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which "the principal prosecuting attorney" of a state or political subdivision may apply for an order
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authorizing a wiretap. See 18 U.S.C. § 2526(2). Under this process, California Penal Code section
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629.50 specifically limits those public officials authorized to apply for the wiretap order as follows:
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Each application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire or
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electronic communication shall be made in writing upon the personal oath
or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or
Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district
attorney, or the person designated to act as district attorney in the district
attorney's absence, to the presiding judge of the superior court or one

other judge designated by the presiding judge. (Emphasis added.)
The wiretap applications at hand were prepared and presented by the Riverside County District
Attorney's office over the course of seven months. Each wiretap application supplied by the People is
signed by Jeffrey A. Van Wagenen Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with the claim that he was "the
Riverside County District Attorney's designee, as defined in California Penal Code section 629.SO(a)."
This claimed designation does not meet the legal requirements of Penal Code section 629.SO(a). The
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District Attorney for Riverside County was Paul Zellerbach throughout the period in question and he

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was legally required to sign each of the wiretap applications. The only exception to this requirement

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would be that Mr. Zellerbach was absent and his designee was "an assistant district attorney duly

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designated to act for all purposes as the district attorney." United States v. Perez-Valencia (9th Cir.

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2013) 727 F.3d 852, 855.

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There is no indication in the discovery provided that Mr. Zellerbach was abs~nt during any

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point during the seven month period of the wiretap applications, nor is there any indication that Mr.

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Van Wagenen was the acting district attorney during that period. Mr. Van Wagenen therefore lacked

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the authority defined in Penal Code§ 629.50 to apply for the wiretap orders.

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The second failure arises from a lack of jurisdiction. Two alternative grounds exist for a court

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to issue wiretap orders. Either the target telephone is based in the jurisdiction of the court, or the

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listening post is within the court's jurisdiction. The affidavit supporting the wiretap application

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identifies these two grounds.

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The affidavit states: "The Listening post will be in Los Angeles County." (Artan Deel. Exhibit

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B 10: 16) The Affidavit also acknowledges that the target telephone "is mostly used near LAY and

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TAN's business in Long Beach, California." (Artan Deel. Exhibit B 13: 17-21) There is no suggestion

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in the application, or even subsequent events, that the target telephone was ever used in Riverside

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County, or even any calls were made to Riverside County.

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The wiretap applications were therefore invalid for two separate and apparent reasons. Because

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the orders authorizing the wiretaps were illegally obtained, it follows that the wiretap evidence and the

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evidence derived from that evidence should be suppressed.

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PROCEDURES AND FACTS RELEVANT TO THIS MOTION

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The Charges at Hand

Mr. Lay is charged in the complaint with seven counts related to three alleged money laundering

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transactions. The charges are: Countl-Health & Safety Code section 11370.6(a)-possession of

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money over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with controlled substance sales; Count 2-Penal Code

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section 182(a)(l)-Conspiracy as to possession of money over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with
controlled substance sales; Count 3- Health & Safety Code section 11370.6(a)- possession of money

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over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with controlled substance sales; Count 4-Penal Code section
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182(a)(l)-Conspiracy as to possession of money over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with

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controlled substance sales; Count 5-Health & Safety Code section 11370.6(a}-possession of money

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over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with controlled substance sales; Count 6-Penal Code section

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182(a)(l}-Conspiracy as to possession of money over $100,000 obtained in conjunction with

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controlled substance sales; and Count 7-Health & Safety Code section 11352(a)-sale of controlled

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The Initial Application

The initial wiretap application is signed by Jeffrey A. Van Wagenen Jr., Assistant District

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Attorney, with the claim that he was "the Riverside County District Attorney's designee, as defined in

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California Penal Code section 629.50(a)." (Artan Deel., Exhibit A)There is no indication in the

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application that Paul Zellerbach, the actual District Attorney for Riverside County, was absent from the

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County, or that Mr. Van Wagenen was the acting District Attorney in such absence.

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This initial application incorporates by reference an Affidavit in Support of the Application
executed by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Jesse E. Odum. (Artan Deel., Exhibit B)
In the process of reporting to the federal government on the wiretap, forms were executed by the

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issuing court and by the prosecutor's office. (Artan Deel., Exhibit C) In each of the forms, a space

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appears for "DAAG Name (Fed Cases Only)." ("DAAG" would refer to the Deputy Assistant Attorney

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Generals authorized by the federal wiretap statute in federal court applications.) In the space provided,

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each form is filled in: "JEFF VANWAGENEN, ADA". Despite the requirement in the form that

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designated agents are only to be used in federal cases, and despite the plain language of Penal Code

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section 629.50, the Riverside prosecutors used an unauthorized applicant for each of the wiretap

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applications.

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The Jurisdictional Recitation in the Original Affidavit

Generally stated, the Odum affidavit accompanying the first wiretap application seeks issuance
of a wiretap ofKoan You Lay's cell phone (562-353-005) based on suspicion that Lay was involved in
transfers of cash in support of a drug trafficking organization that included various individuals.

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("Original Affidavit"-Artan Deel., Exhibit B 2:26-3-6) None of these individuals conducted any

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activities within Riverside County.

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The Original Affidavit includes a recitation of law and facts which purport to justify the issuance

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within the jurisdiction of the Riverside Superior Court. The law set forth in this section acknowledges

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that the initial interception or listening post should be in the jurisdiction of the issuing court. (Artan

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Deel., Exhibit B 7: 11-8:11) The Original Affidavit adds the following language, which is misleading:

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denied 522 U.S. 892, 118 S. Ct. 232, 130 L.Ed.2d163 [Holding that a

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judge, sitting in the jurisdiction where the target subject lived and where

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the criminal conduct was occurring, could issue a wiretap order for a

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cellular telephone which was thought to be used by the target regardless of

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where the phone or listening device was." (Emphasis added.) (Artan Deel.,

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Exhibit B 8: 11-16)

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The recitation concerning Ramirez is misleading for three reasons. First, the case is not

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controlling here in the Ninth Circuit. Second, even though the listening post and the cell phone was sited

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in Minnesota, the government believed that the cell phone was going to be used in the issuing district,

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the Western District of Wisconsin, at the time of the original application. Third, the prosecution was

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investigated and the prosecution was pursued in the issuing district, which is also where the criminal

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conduct occurred.

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To justify issuance of the warrant in Riverside County, the Original Affidavit includes a

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narrative of claims that do not fit any jurisdictional theory. This claimed conduct centers on Arturo

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Rivas, a co-defendant who is accused of picking up drug money from Lay's jewelry store in Long

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Beach, and who had no activities in Riverside. Rivas was described as "a courier for a yet to be

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identified drug trafficking organization." (Emphasis added.) (Artan Deel., Exhibit B 7: 6-9: 4-26)

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Rivas's telephone was apparently used to call 562-755-2462. In tum, the 562-755-2462 number
had received calls from two suspected drug dealers, one of whom had a nightclub in Moreno Valley
which was believed to be frequented by drug cartel members. The theory in the Original Affidavit was
that Rivas may be conducting illegal activities in Riverside because he lived in Fontana, which is "in

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search reveals that the "close proximity" between the two locations is 22 miles.
The narrative also seeks to bolster its jurisdictional claim because two of the subjects of the

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investigation, Lim Van Brugen and Ting Lin, took trips to Morongo Casino in Riverside, a location

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"used to launder narcotics proceeds." (Artan Deel., Exhibit B 10: 1-4)

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The Original Affidavit states: "The L.istening post will be in Los Angeles County." (Artan

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Deel., Exhibit B 10:16) The Original Affidavit also acknowledges that the target telephone "is mostly

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used near LAY and TAN's business in Long Beach, California." (Artan Deel. Exhibit B 13:17-21)

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There is no indication the target telephone was ever used in Riverside County, or even that any calls

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The Subsequent Applications

The subsequent applications provided in discovery are signed by signed by Mr. Van Wegenan,

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and all contain the same language that he was "the Riverside County District Attorney's designee, as

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defined in California Penal Code section 629.50(a)." These subsequent applications do not include any

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language suggesting that Mr. Zellerbach was absent or that Mr. Van Wegenan was acting District

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Attorney in his absence.

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The subsequent applications inClude affidavits by reference, and these affidavits contain the
same jurisdictional narratives as the Original Affidavit.
Each of the subsequent applications includes a request to continue the wiretap of Koan You
Lay's cell phone (562-353-005)

III. THE WIRETAP ORDERS WERE ILLEGALLY OBTAINED
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The Motion to Suppress is Procedurally Authorized

Penal Code section 629.72 authorizes a motion to suppress wiretap evidence as follows:

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some or all of the contents of any intercepted wire or electronic

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communications, or evidence derived therefrom, only on the basis that the

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contents or evidence were obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment

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 made, determined, and be subject to review m accordance with the
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Penal Code section 1538.5 (a)(l) describes the circumstances in which a motion to suppress is
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evidence any tangible or intangible thing obtained as a result of a search or

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seizure on either of the following·grounds:

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(A) The search or seizure without a warrant was unreasonable.

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(B) The search or seizure with a warrant was unreasonable because
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(i) The warrant is insufficient on its face.

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(ii) The property or evidence obtained is not that described in the

warrant.

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(iii) There was not probable cause for the issuance of the warrant.

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(iv) The method of execution of the warrant violated federal or state

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constitutional standards.
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The Applicant Was Not Authorized

California Penal Code section 629.50 defines those authorized to apply for wiretap order as
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Each application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire or

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electronic communication shall be made in writing upon the personal oath

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or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General,

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or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a

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district attorney, or the person designated to act as district attorney in

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the district attorney's absence, to the presiding judge of the superior

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court or one other judge designated by the presiding judge. [Emphasis

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added.]

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Each of the wiretap applications were prepared and presented by the Riverside County District

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Attorney's office. The applications spanned the course of seven months. Each wiretap application is

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signed by Jeffrey A. Van Wagenen Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with the claim that he was "the

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Riverside County District Attorney's designee, as defined in California Penal Code section 629.50(a)."

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This designation does not meet the legal requirements pf Penal Code section 629.SO(a). The District

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Attorney for Riverside County was Paul Zellerbach throughout the period in question and he was

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therefore required to sign each of the wiretap applications. The only exception to this requirement

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would be that Mr. Zellerbach was absent and his designee was "an assistant district attorney duly

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designated to act for all purposes as the district attorney." United States v. Perez.-Valencia (91h Cir.

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2013) 727 F.3d 852, 855.

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Nothing indicates that Mr. Zellerbach was absent during any point during the seven month

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period of the wiretap applications, nor is there any indication that Mr. Van Wagenen was the acting

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district attorney during that period. Mr. Van Wagenen therefore lacked the authority defined in Penal

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Code§ 629.50 to apply for the wiretap orders.

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The Issuing Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction

Penal Code section 629 .52 describes the jurisdictional requirements of a wiretap as
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"Upon application made under Section 629.50, the judge may enter an ex

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parte order, as requested or modified, authorizing interception of wire or

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electronic communications initially intercepted within the territorial

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jurisdiction of the court in which the judge is sitting, if the judge

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determines, on the basis of the facts submitted by the applicant, all of the

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Jurisdiction for federal issuance of a wiretap is based on 18 U.S.C. § 2518(3) and confers
authorization on a court to ·authorize the "interception of wire, oral or electronic communications
within the territorial jurisdiction of the court in which the judge is sitting."

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 The jurisdictional standard has been succinctly stated as follows: "The most reasonable
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interpretation of the statutory definition of interception is that an interception occurs where the tapped

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phone is located and where law enforcement officers first overhear the call." United States v. Luong

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(9th Cir. 2006) 471 F3d 1107.

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1992) 968 F.2d 130, 136 and United States v. Ramirez ((7th Cir. 1997) 112 F.3d 849, 852, for the

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conclusion "that an interception occurs in the jurisdiction where the tapped phone is located, where the

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second phone in the conversation is located, and where the scanner used to overhear the call is

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located." Luong, supra.

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for wiretaps. The initial target telephone was used in and around Long Beach, California. The

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listening post was in Los Angeles County. The proper jurisdiction for the issuing court should

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have been Los Angeles Superior Court, not the Riverside Superior Court.

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Any claim that jurisdiction is supported by suspected illegal activity in Riverside County does

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not comport with the jurisdictional requirements that are recognized statutorily and in case law, as

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stated above. The factual assertions in the Original Affidavit do not demonstrate a nexus between the

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target telephone and any activities in Riverside County. The drug trafficking organization attributed to

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Rivas was "yet to be identified," he was living in San Bernardino County (Fontana) and his alleged

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illegal conduct would only have taken place in Long Beach (Los Angeles County). The jurisdictional

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claim is not aided by the suggestion that he lived "in close proximity" to El Rodeo Nightclub-which

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is twenty-two miles away-and involved no direct telephone contact. Finally, to attribute jurisdiction

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because two of the suspects went to Morongo Casino is complete speculation and lacks good faith.

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It follows that the orders authorizing the wiretaps were unauthorized and should be suppressed.

IV. THE EVIDENCE DERIVED FROM THE ILLEGAL WIRETAPS
MUST ALSO BE SUPPRESSED

The exclusionary rule prevents introduction of evidence obtained in violation of the United

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seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment, see Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) An extension of
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the exclusionary rule affirmed in Wong Sun v. United States (1963) 371 U. S. 471 and first recognized in

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in Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States (1920) 251 U.S. 385 (1920), provides that evidence

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obtained with the assistance of illegally obtained information must be excluded from trial. It follows that

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any evidence derived from the wiretaps must be suppressed.

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CONCLUSION

For the above reasons, the Court should issue an order suppressing the wiretap evidence in this

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Michael H. Artan
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 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL H. ARTAN
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I, Michael H. Artan, declare:

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I am counsel for the defendant in this case. I make this declaration in support of the

above motion to suppress. Unless otherwise stated, I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth
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below, and if called to testify, I could and would testify to the truth of these facts. _
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Attached as Exhibit A is a true copy of the initial application for a wiretap as provided in

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the discovery for this case, which is incorporated by reference.
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Attached as Exhibit Bis a true copy of the Affidavit in Support of the Application

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executed by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Jesse E. Odum as provided in the
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discovery for this case, which is incorporated by reference ("Original Affidavit").
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The Original Affidavit states that Arturo Rivas lived "in close proximity" to the El

Rodeo nightclub in Moreno Valley. A Google map search reveals that the "close proximity" between
the two locations is 22 miles by road. [Discovery provided indicates Rivas's residence in Fontana,
which is not being stated at this time out ofrespect for Mr. Rivas's privacy, and an online search
provides the nightclub address as 24805 Alessandro Boulevard, Moreno Valley.]
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Attached as Exhibit C is a true copy of federal reporting forms as provided in the

discovery for this case, which is incorporated by reference.

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There is no indication in the discovery provided that the target telephone was ever used

in Riverside County, or even that any calls were made to Riverside County.
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The subsequent applications provided in discovery are signed by signed by Mr. Van

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Wegenan, and all contain the same language that he was "the Riverside County District Attorney's

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designee, as defined in California Penal Code section 62_9.50(a)." These subsequent applications do not

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include any language suggesting that Mr. Zellerbach was absent or that Mr. Van Wegenan was acting

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District Attorney in his absence.

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The subsequent applications provided in discovery include affidavits by reference, and

these affidavits contain the same jurisdictional narratives as the Original Affidavit.

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Each of the subsequent applications includes a request to continue the wiretap ofKoan

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct and that his declaration is
executed at Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 2015.

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PAULE.ZELLERBACH
DISTRICT A TIORNEY
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
Deena M. Bennett
Deputy District Attorney
3960 Orange St.
Riverside, California 92501
Telephone: (951) 955-5400
Fax: (95 1) 955-9673

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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IN THE MAT TER OF THE APPLICATION
OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE FOR AN ORDER
AUTHORIZING THE INTERCEPTION OF .
WIRE, PAGER AND ELECTRONIC
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WIRETAP NO. 13-310
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APPLICATION PURSUANT TO PENAL CODE SECTION 629.50, Et Seq.
I, Jeffery A. V an.Wagenen Jr., Assistant District Attorney for the County of Riverside, declare:
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. Applicant is the District Attorney of ~e County of Riverside, Paul E. Zellerbach. I

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section 629.50(a).

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After reviewing the Affidavit In Support Of Application For An Order Authorizing

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The Interception Of Wire And Electronic Communications of United States Department of

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Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent (SA) Jesse E. Odum, and relying

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thereon, I approve making this Application and hereby apply to the Riverside County Superior

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Court for authorization to intercept wire, pager and electronic communications to and from the

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communication devices (the "Target Device(s)") described below. The Affidavit is attached

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hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

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Applicant hereby assigns Deputy District Attorney Deena M . BeIU1ett, or her

substitute, to physically present this Application to the Court and to make the required periodic
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SA Odum, assigned to DEA Southwest Border Initiative Group 4, is the law

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enforcement officer seeking authorization to intercept wire and electronic communications

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pursuant to Penal Code Section 629.SO(a). He is certified by the California State Attorney

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General's Office in wiretaps, as set forth in the Affidavit.

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Pursuant to Penal Code Section 629.50(a)(2), the DEA Los Angeles Field

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Division, Southwest Border Initiative Group 4 is the ag~ncy that will execute this Order and,

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pursuant to Penal Code Section 629.50(a)(3), LAFD Special Agent in Charge Anthony D.

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Williams, reviewed the Affidavit and approves this Application (see Review of the Chief

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Executive Officer filed herewith).

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Based on my review of the Affidavit, I believe there is probable cause to conclude

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the Target Subjects as set forth in the Affidavit have committed, are committing, and will

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continue to commit the crimes of H.S. l 1370.6(a): Possession of Money or Instruments over

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$100,000, H.S. l 1370.9(a): Proceeds Derived from Controlled Substance Offenses and P.C.

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182(a)(l): Conspiracy to Commit a Crime. I further believe that the Target Device is being used

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by the Target Subject(s) and/or their known and unknown associates and co-conspirators to

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facilitate tho's e offenses and that communications concerning their illegal activities will be
obtained through this interception.

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descriptions of the device(s) from which the communications are to be intercepted and their
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Pursuant to Penal Code Section 629.SO(a)(4)(C), following are particular

Target Telephone #1 is a United States based T-Mobile telephone.

Target Telephone #1 is subscribed to KOANYOU LAY 3919 ROCK LANDING WAY, SEAL
BEACH, CA, 90740. Target Telephone #1 has a current telephone number of 562-353-0005 ·
and is used primarily by Koan you LAY and Howard TAN.

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The actual interception and monitoring post will be in Los Angeles County.

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concerning ~e offenses set forth above, as set forth in Penal Code Section 629.52(a).
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will occur during the course of interception and monitoring, I request that authority to maintain

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this intercept be granted for thirty (30) days and request that the authority not be deemed to

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automatically terminate upon interception of the first communication of the type described above.

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I request that this Court order Sprint Nextel Corporation, Boost Mobile, Pacific

Bell Company, Virgin Mobile, SBC, Verizon Communications, AT&T, AT&T Wireless, Verizon

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Wireless, Cellco Partnership do~g business as Verizon Wireless,
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Inc., Cingular Wireless, Nextel Communications, Sprint Spectrum, L.P., Sprint-Nextel, Metrocall,

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PageNet, Weblink Wireless, T-Mobile and any other telephone, long distance, calling card,

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of interference with the services be~ng provided to the people whose communications are to be
intercepted and shall provide· caller identification where possible. The Telecommunications
Companies shall be compensated by the agency executing the Court Order for the reasonable
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I request this Court to order the Telecommunications Companies not to disclose to

the subscriber or any unauthorized person the fact that the Court has authorized this wiretap.

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Applicant requests this Application, Review, Affidavit, Order and any/all
documents, attachments, and/or exhibits be sealed and kept in the custody of the

agency executing the Court Order or the District Attorney's Office and to be disclosed only upon
a showing of good cause befo!e a Judge of competent jurisdiction. (Penal Code Section 629.66)
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linguistic interpretation for interception of wire, electronic digital pager and electronic cellular

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l. r-am a United-States.Drug·Enforeemenl Administration:(DEA) Spe_ciar Agent·(~A) .and .l

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for f edernl felony .offeni.cs.

r have been ·nppoifil~d ns a Special Agent. by th<!".DEA since JU!y,_20 t 2. Pno,r to

·attaining sworn status -as u Special Agent. l wns cmpfoycd by DEA and r<.-ceh•ed 'Seventeen weeks
of traiiling·in controJied substance trafficking investigations and related legal molters, nt the DEA
Ql'll;Ulti·cd, Virginia Academy.

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-G.9nceming violatfons of the Confrolled Substances Ac-t.contained.withiri Tit}e 2l ·p.f_the:United
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nai'cotics3 and to collect and launder. relatecl.proceed.ll. My knowledge·ofihesc tactic.s,

which h;iclude ,the--u1ili.iation of ce.llular telephone technology, coun1er su.rveilla~ce 1 :elaporately

J.6· :pmnn~~bimtiggling.schemes tied to Jegitimnte)rusirresses.-false or.<ffctitfo~s identitie~~ ~~4;e~~~<l
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5. Basc<f on this invesli~Lion, set·forth fo detail below, I assert,that Uicro is. ptQQ°able cause
f9''bclieve that theTnr.g~fSttpje·ets.(ils defined bclow)Jia.ve· commftt~ are committingi and are
abo~Jio \!omrnit ELR 1p7.Q;Q(a): l>o.sses~ion of Money or lnstt\1tnents over $100,00.0 . H.S.

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ussert there is.probabJc ca"5e to..believe th·at. wire

communications of the Tn-rg~t Subjects concerning the ~-aid offenses will be made·over T.nrget
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Thi~ Affidnvit is.submitted in support of an AppllC.atiot1 for t\n Ordet nulhorizi11g the

.ml~w.ep.ti9n of wire and electronic com.n.iunic.ations of this Southern California-based narco.l;ics

.Proceeds courier org~nization (th~ Targ!!tOrgnni1.ntion) including; Konn Yo11 LAY .(~~LA¥").
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1 · Howard .TAN (t'tAN~, Sophaua:\LINf~V~'j;f6RUGEN ('1.IM"), Phi Thi Nguyen e·NGlJYEl'f''),
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TiJ?gl~in ('TIN011),, n-n(;l..Jia Un ('~LIN") (Q'oUe:ctiv~ly, the .•·T~rgctSub-jectsf, n11d other

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b. The term "Target Tclep~one'' .ah;o. refers to. any..cbanged telephone niimher
~jgned"t.0 the-=same itd$~ or'Su.bscriber ld~lity Modulc'(STM);or Mobile:IdentiJ:ication ll-Jumber

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subscriber. i.nfonnation with the same LMSJ or SlN or MIN or .ESN; or OFMJ or MSIDand the
same telephone ·number during the oflective perio.d of this order,,
7. 1 hav.e-trttemp.t:ed ·to .obtain lnfo.rmatio.l) .con~ming. th.~ ·rntget Subjec:ts .fro,m the
followi~ sources and cr.iniin~i indices: California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV),

Chlifoinln Law Enforcement Telecommuni~ations System (CLETS), Nntfonal Crime ln.formatfon
Center (NCIC). DENFBI records, public databases, reports of physical sprveillunce,

.conversations with other agents and ·officers pnrlicipating 'in ·this investjgation and my own
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lhvestigation. The following slµIlll)ar'izes ~he informatiqn I have been able 1o

colle(f.fregar4il}g the known T.t•tget Subjects of this investigation:
a. Koon You LAY ("LAY") ls an Asian mule, believed tp be the primury user
ofT~rgcrTclcphone#l.

&sed 011 infomrntion learned duriAg this irwestigation-nnd infonnation

learned during an infoi-vicw with an indiviuual that picked up $100,000 of narcotics pruc~edS
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 from KBl\'.IER SA:RM.EY' JEWELRY (K.'·JE'WELRY S'fORE), LAY delive1·s laundered drug
nrcice~s to Courie-rs nnd .P,,!nn~r.s~ for ~ventual purchase of nttrcptfos. LAY receives· hi~ wrections

fr9m unknown co.:.conspi{ators. B~setl on surY.eillance.·and puhl.ic diltabnse searches, .LAY is:
~~licv~.to boresidiQ"g-a~~9J-9· .B..oek bandin8'~\Vay; Seal Beach, ChlifOtnhi. In publi~ \'6-cbrds,

·LA:Y:is listed as~~ eo:.o~~f\'l!'l<S Jtt~'ELRV STQRE, S.36-.E. AnMtim .·Street~ Irortg·Be~ch).

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b> HO.Wiird·TAN~(~TAN")'is.an· ~imfma.le. .Ba:sed:an infOnu(lito~\ leamed

·9UrW'&.. tllis:fo.v.esit~tion'~d-·i13fo~atio11
learnccJ ,qµii,tjg .nti in;t.(!.t"Yicw witlr·an indiVidufil that
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·pickeci up.; $,l~OOfr ofTin1·coticsvtocecds from ·i<S' J'¢WF.;I,RY'·$1'0RE. TAN deliv.ct'S
'la\lndere~Ldru~; Proc~~sto cpucicr~ aud runners,. for.ev.cntual purcha:s·e.qf'narcotics.. Based on my
knowledge of this invesfiguliort, TAN receives his directions from unk,iio\.\o'TI co-conspirators.

Ba:Sed.on·surveillanctf ilil4 P.ttl>lie database searches,, TAN is"l?eH:eved to be reslding:afj:919 R6ck
1..~ndin$ 1vV'a.y. Seal.Be.floh, California. TANworks-at'KSJEWEL"R.Y·STORE, 836'_E_. J\naheim
Stre~'t,J..ong Beac~t ci~lifobrla.
c. ~ophana:L.lM-VAN BRUGGEN ("LJ°Mn) is- na A$ian fo1~iale who is bel.t)y~

to oo ·involve~f'in narcotics proce~s r~mittunce·activities lhrough h~r compfmy, RUBY

.J EWET...RY. LJ rYr hns been iden1Hied 8$' lhe CJ20 of RUl3Y JE wgLR'( jn public. databases. TI1e
bii.stness·phone number tQ.r ~UBY JEWELRY and the cell phoµ~ subs,cribed .to LTM:attbesamc
-~9drcss ot' RUffY JEWELRY fias been

in eontact with Tal"gc_tTcl~phdri.e #L 'The:business

phonc\ofLl'M ·a f RUBY JEWELRY was listed on a suspici'.91!3 package seized by U.S. Postal
lnspectors a('the re.quest qf DEA on Septcmbcr·20, 2013. The 1>ackage was addressed to NGOC
B.iCH .JEWELRY and oontaihed $40,650 of suspected narcotics proceeds. The business phone of
RUBY JEWELRY -and Ule cellular phone subscribccl lo LIM' is in contact with target Telephone
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.JE.\YELRY, LfM"and RUBY JEWELRY facilitate money transfers and dcliv~ries. and
9oord.iuat:es such n'ioney trnnsfcr and laundering activi'tics with LAY, TAN, NGtfYEN and the
other Ttargct Sµbjccts. Based on Georgia OMV cfatubase iJ1formntion, LIM

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NO.De .BICll (:ilka ?\1BWPORT PRECIOiJS.JEWBLS) eNGOC GCCH JEW£LRY1'). fTOW is

belicve-<fto be the daughter of NGOYEN a1\d is lt~m;d as the co-signer on scveta1 NGOC-BlCH
JEWELRY banbu~counts. The business phone number for NOOC BICH JEWEhR V.. has b,e~n in
funtact with ·T arget T~lcP.honc '#1. Bused on past nclivities ·of ITO W with N:GOC ·B.tCfl

JEWELRY as we1l a~·suspiciot1s fina.i)cial activity by NGOC' Bl~tr JEWELRY., ITOW focilifates
money traosfors and .deliveries, and coordinntes·such money·transfer and laundering activities
with LAY. On Septem~r 20, 2013, U.S. Postal Inspectors seized.a package addressed to NGOC
BJCH JEWELRY contah1ing $40,650 of suspected narcotics·proceeds. aased on law enforcement

datal>ase.searches, JTOW is bcfioved to be residing at 8 Nemil Str¢ct, Newport Beach, Caiifomia.

f: 'Xi'ubin YU(''Yl:JJ') is an Asian female "vho ha:s previously been identified
as the. .head of rut a narcotics proceeds cburi·e r cell in Monterey Pork, YU is b~licved to take
dir'Cc!iOn from.the same.indiViduals who direct LAY, to launder narc-Otics proceeds and provide
funds for the purchase of narcotic~ by HY LA.and others. Based on :mrveillance, YU is pcljevcd
to be residing at 123 Roselyn Lane, Mouterey Park, Cnlifomin ("ROSELYN LOCATION"). In

public records, YU is listed os the President <.)f JBRSON TRADE. JERSON TRADE is·amQrtey
exchange business loc'ntedat 127 S. Garfield Avenue, Suite A, Monterey Park, California.
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TuG'son;s.eized $330,265 ofm,u-cotics proceeds from HYLA,-which.-was concealed in th~ trunk·of

1 J'.Us.. renthl'. ear;· HYLA 1'as·been onserved piekin1p1p·fun.ds ttorn an unidentifitd-Asinn :f~m!ll.e,
8 possibly TING, and 'therefo,re r~·beJieve'd to take·dirt:ctfo.n·from the Sat.11e jn'dividuars.who direct
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residtr.nt the·ROS"El..1YN L0CATlON (YU's address)-and TINGis also associated with U1c

address ;for.JERSPN ·rltADE (YU.?s bus.iness). She was·td~.cf·int'll.rc:epted by lnw entbr.ccment
durloga.trl.ttto/from-Morongq Casino in Caba.9.pn, CaiiJornin With LJN, which was,likely related

to, launtlcdng Qr deJ:iyering: 11~9tjcs-relatcd pro*ds. Dus:ing an interview with law ejiftm;ement
resulting fr()in ~at fo.terception, TING stated lhaL she was LlN's sister. During an intetvfow with
DEA Ag~nts, TlNG' ad1tiittQd".to::d~livering· pa~knges..,\•ith'LfN to unknowii individuals althe

Hong Kong Su~rmarke't. TING stated she did so uCthe direction of YU, but claimed fo not know
wh·atshe.wasdelivering. Based on her residence with YU. her association with JERSON

TRADB;:.,aiid her pniticipatkm fn li)<ely narcotics Pf9CCeds remitt~nce actiV:iJies, TINCHs believe
fo take-di.re<:tio11 f!Qm-the srunc·individunJs who dirt,!cit LAV, YU; and HYL1A. Ba&i:d Q.n
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TlNG ls ~clievedJo be residing at th~ ROSELYN LOCATION.

i. Jia UN ("LIN") 1s on Asinn male wh~ is tJ1e brother' of TING and believed also to
participate in nurcotics proceeds remittance nctivities. LIN is another registered owner of the
Challeng~w, a vehklc·whi.ch hns. been seen during money delivery npe'rations,

a11d·wns.t11o·driver

for a tri·p witb.TJNG to/from Morongo Casino in Cabazon, Cnliforni·a. Basc<l on my knowledge of

this inv.esligation, the trip "\.vns. likely rclnlcd to laundering or delivering narcotics-related
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proe~eds.. Based on sutfVeiUcmce; LCN is.'oolleved to be residing ut the ROSE'l.YN LOCATION .

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(aq~~s of YU' and-TIN~) ~nd was a past s.uhscriber ofutili'ties for JER-S.OtftRAD~(al~o

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~ssqcfii.tedwifu ,t~j rui,.4·'fTNG). B.ased on his apparent relatiqoShlp with YU, TlNG~ IERSON

.4 TR.ADE,·end-bis-.pai:ticjp·~tio~:ifr·like}y narcotic...~ pt-0cccds rem.ittt'tflce activities,. LIN is 0elie~ed
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j.; Artu.ro R.IV As ("RTVAS") is u Hispanic niale money eourier "'ho ·picked up \1

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whito· U.S. P·oslal Box containing $1&9,780.00 of U.S.. cutreJicy .a11~rn SH>O·coanterfcit bil_l fu?m

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tq{MEltS:AR.i\ifEYJE:Y.,E~RY.~TORE: on November-7 , 20.13.. Base<fon my knowledge;ofthis·

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!n~.ti_g~don RIVAS faa.courier for a yet to be iaentified dtug tfa.ffickihg or,gnni?.ation.

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.8-. Cal·ifurnla ~riPl.C~~ section 629.5'2> fn -part, states "Th~judge, may enter an ex; parte
order autliorizing.,in~rceptlon of wire:. .electronic.page; or electronic -cellular telephone

communicalions"in'itiaJty i"ntercepted·within tho territorial jurisdiction Q!the court In which.th~
jui:lgc is sfttin~:;, Section 6~9.52 does nol define the phro.o:~ 4 ~initfolly. ihtercepted." However,
fede~I

courts. ha~o rnf~<,l . ~l) simil,ar hmguage. found iu J 8 USC'.25 18(3), w hich,·nl lhe time of the

rulings, stated, ..the:jt1dge mlly-cnter ail ex parte order , .• authorizing or approving folerccptio n of
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or elecJro~iC cq1;m:m,i.11icutio11.s within th.c territorialjuti~rqtio-Jl·of-the court.in which

ihojudg.e is sJ!-ting:" lii ·Un1tudStdtes·v. Rodriguez (2nd Cir. 1992) 9.08 F.2d 130, cc~. denied 506
:u ;K 841, I US.Ct f40, 1 ~12-L.Ed.2d 92, a ft.'Cieral magi~~ ~f.'~,Q-µtl)er,n Di~cl:ofNew York
is~t:d

an fntcreept o~der. for Ute-telephones of .a:·cafe·located in· New .Jer5ey. The dCfe.ndants

contended thni the intercept order was improperly issued and.argue:d that -only n New )ersey

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magistrate could issue nn intercept order for a telephone locuhxl in New ~crs-cy.. The court

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orders. Tiic ~ourt held "for the purposes of [the] jurjsdictional requirement.. a communica.tion is

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first to be heard.'' Uc/. at p. 136.) In United State.<; v. Denman (5th

Cir. l996) JOO F.3d 399, cert. denied 520 U.S.

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3. wiret"p ord~r-. w~· iss.oed :hY ~'jt,Jdge in "tb'e'Enstern District·o.q.:~xaswhcre.tbe t.ans were·

and r:ecor<i~~;·,the .~pped telephones were t~ated jn=·Ho.~ton Within th~ Sqt~bem

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District ot"1-exas. ·111e~~o.~ reje¢ied the defendant:s.r .c9n1e_ntton.~uid:e:iptnfne~hhc jµri~dietjon

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f.' . µM~r"Titte·trhofasuewi~p or<fei:; tis the•R<Jdr~un.·court.'note4, (·hls iilterpretatfonai~san

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(~Iofding.lh~t rt judge) sitting in the jurisdiction

where -the target subject.lived ·apd

where the. criminal conduct wna·occtirring, conJd i~s~1e a wiret.ap 01'.der for a-.cellulor telephqnc
- ~~Jen"~ th®ghl to be:iiscd.by 'tJ1e ~rget subject~~tess of.wltere the phone·or the J~t'.¢-ning.

ppst was.}.)

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The followh~~ tacts c.stablish jurisdiction in this mattcnis it p~rtains to Turget

.Tel~ph.or1e.#.i .which'i~_a:Jj~t¢<i· States based·T-Mobilc e'cctro11-ic-ceHular telwbone. The

primary..users ofTurg~tYr:cj~pfl~'lc"#l _.nre: L~ Y.and·TAN~
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DEA is i.nvc;stigating.tl drug-.treff.lcking-·nnd money l~un:dcring organi'Znllo1t operating

In Mexico,and throughout Southern California to include Los AnRclesi Sarr Bemardil'to, Rivers'idc
and Ornn_gc Counties, among other locutions. Specifically. th~ invc}>tigntion targets narc-Otic drug
tiafficl<lng cells operating-in the UnitedStates und Mexico whom nte believed lo be responsible
forctiminal activities, includin~ but opt limited to: (I) the traJ)sportation ofnl\l'COtics from
co~otries .of'supplyin Central' and South

Americ'1 fo Mexico; (2). the transport;Btion ofl)nrcptics

through M~xic.'} and into the United States; (3) the distribt1ti0n of narcotics to tbs: DTO's

\YbcileS:alC.·customers in the United. .States; and (4).U10 collection and transportatiQn of P,ar¢o.tics
proceeds. During this narcoticS investigation several phone·numbers wt:rc identiti-ed. as being

nssociated with narcotics=trnfJicldng 1n U1e Southern California area. Further in:vestigation of
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these ceiephone numbe\'.S ha\1e ted t6 .ihtfi,aentifl~ati.on of Target Telephone fl I. ~e OTO .is

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proceedirtaundcring activities of multiple Asian orgaruzarions in .the- Los. Ange:les metropolitan

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9.U!n·. ti,~A Ag~µt$,. have,)dentit1edKoan Yo11 LAY~ the owner ofl(S JEWF..LRY STO~. and

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l®:wfil~ 1'~:.J,;AY a;t\~f~AN; who also-wor~ at'Jq~ JE.:.~iRY-STORE, havcu54d KS

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..... ' · ·JEWEL~¥ ~~·:to'. 4qli.V.et n.atcotics.pf.9ce~~ lo .5ev¢ril. tne1iibeis. of drug,trafficking
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oi;g~riizatfons·. "On:S~pre~h~i<-23, .20:13'. OBA a~~(S ·~iz~'$·1. oo~ooo-.from a.Hispaofoi:ruoJe i1te~

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h'C p~cked ~P th~ money:from KS. JE,VEL~Y STORE. .On N°Qvember ·1, 2013~ tmkagc.~t~

n . 'Scti'Z~ $1$9..•7.~Q.and a $1 (j_(j @untcrteH bill fi'm:u Arturp RlVAS· n;fte.r he pfeked.u~·(nc m~.m~y
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12. On:November1$,2'0B> I reviewed Jelephone tolls fTQm RIVAS' t.elcpho:ne number

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(9.09~~~4622). Aceordh'.lg~ (o.(oll. data. RIV.AS' telcpl1one. ,v~1!s-in cori.tncl with phone number
s·G2~755·2462:on .ci'gM"o¢c·asions between 0.crobcr J·S~ 201lan9 Qctobei:- 18. 20'13. D.BA
Intellig~!lce. Ai1nl:)'st.(fA) .D~mi~l· Lotlevico stilted that thi~. pho1w ntutibc'r ·is in contact "'~th. two
~usp_e..~~~f.drug.triiffi~.k'et;-; ih"nfi active DEA investigation. Thfa is invcsti~a-tfon is belflg '\Vo*ed

wltJl.·: R.i~~rsid~ PoHce .[)<;par.tment. The two suspects. iru;~:mtaet: with 5'62-755.2462 are ~~anuel

l:,AL,A'.MlNO"and Fuvio..RANOEL. RANGEL ls a·promqtcr·for 'EL RODEO nightclub, with
seve·rot loootions~ one locatfon ·is in Moreno Valley, California. EL RODEO i.n Moreno Valley,
California is.knO\\ll'l to be frequented by member,; of the Sinolo~ drug cartel, when they visit the
Los Angeles area from Me~ico. IA Lodevico stnted that RANGEL is a poly-drug trafficker and in

addition to tra.ffi:c'king nareQtics> he ~lso launders money.
1·3, Based on my ~owfodge of th.is inve.sfrgtslion, ~incc RfV AS is·.in.contact '~ith.the same

phone.nun1berns two-otherdrµg traffi~~ers.. he may. likely be linked.to EL RODEO ih'.Moreno
Va)ley,'. California. RlVAS resides in Fontana. Due to I.he close proximity o.f RIVAS' residence,
i~vcstigators. conctuded t1u't he·is conduct'ing illegal activities· in Riverside County.

1'4. Even though LAY nnd TAN deliver nioncy from their business in Long Beacn,

~atifornia•.il appears. that the riloney is eventually used to purchosc narcotics in Riverside County.
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'ls. A.'i deserlbe4 in.detwl.belc>.\V; us~ OPS tracker d~ta; DEA agents ttac.ktxt'TINO and

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~~):n theirveltic!e to ttjP.s ftom·Montcrey·P&fk to:the Morongo'Casinofo RiV,erside.County.

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~(;; ~~:-o~ tt:if:ttnfuln:~,and·ex-perie.nc~. D:nd f~pto~ dC,!.iCri:P~ b.eJow,_ Ri.verside·C~unty

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a~~ ft!im, or:nnivfog to;-Mexico from ptb~r :~s ~o.f Q~_ljforti.i.~.:. Rivet;SideJ1,Qurity,sttetches

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frQin'Oi~ge County·tq ~e Colorado River, .wh1ch·fom.is·thc stat~ ~rdet with Atizoba.

.9· . Furthermore, Riverside County lios lnfru1d of Los Angeles County a1\d is borol!rcd by Orange
(O_ «~·<>tmty·to the west, Sru:i;<Beftiardino County lo.then9tth1md-San Diego Caunt)'-w1d Tmpetl-al

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abd HJ'. ;ftfe·above·referenced higlhv.nyswilf lead ro the other.

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PRIOR APPLICAT10NS

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18. On or about November 26, 2013, the DEA El~tronic SurvciUancc Unit checked the

oraJ, wire;, tind ele.ctrorti~ sur:veilinnce indicc.s of DF..A, 'FBI and !CE, which revealed that no other
~ppli~t:h)ns

have bet,."11 niade·:to ·intercept.:ornJ, wire, or electronic comtnunical.io~s involving thc-

T:arget:Su~jc.!:ts

and TnrgetTel~phonc #l. Other than tJ1c .prior i:IPpHcations .mentioned pelo,w, l

lqiow of:no 9thcr opplicatidns thathavc been made to any co\lrt for, authorization ~o Jntetcept
wire, oral, or ~Jccttonie communications involving any of the snmc persons, facitl~ies, .or plac~

Specified in this·application.
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LJN, TING, not funher id~ntificd, was named in a previous applicati.9n authorizing
the intercepts of communications ·signed by Unit~d State·s DistriCt Court Judge of

the New York.Southc:rn. District Court, 12/03/2004.

b. 41N, TTNG, not further identified, wns nnmcd in a previous application·authorizing
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the ·inl'C.rcep1s ofcorntnuniontions. signed by' Unite~ States D1slrict Court Judge'o.f

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the New York Sou.them Disll'ict Caurtt 04/0712005.

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c.:.- LIN, TING; ·Mt further i<lentH1ed, was. n~med in a previous application a"UthoriZitig

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the in~roem~:pfepnununl~l;iQi1s·~ign.~d ,py. Un.Herl S:tates.District Court Ju,dge

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lllCH.Ai~b'bWEN of.th~ New York Southern u1'strlct Court;.:OiJJ07nM5.
d-. Ng\lye.nt,:Phi; ilot' further MehJ,if?ed, was iuu11ed-in u previous application

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authorizing ti)~ intctc.cpt:S of communications sjgt.ted · ~y, United:Sintes District

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Court Judge WheJnn, Thomas. J.. of the"_Californi.a Sottthem District Court,
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authotmng the-interc.cp.~ of ~fnroupj~U<>ns signed by United States District

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f. Nguy~_p,, l'J1i,,noi fl1rthcr id~n,Ji-:fi~.d. \.,,~·s nam.~d iri a prev.i(1lls ~ppJiQn.Uon

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aurhortzingthe intercepts of communiealions sign~ by Unired Stntes·Pistrict

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g. NGUYENt PHI, not furlher identified, was named in n previous applicntion
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tne· intcrcep~ of qommunicutions signed·by United States.District

Court Judge.THOMAS J. WHELAN, qf.the C_alifornia· Southern District.Court.

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h. NGUYEN, "{'Ht. not further identified~ was named in a previous uppli~lio.p.
authorizing the intercepts of cornmuni~tions siwied by United States. District
Court-Judge JOHN L. KANE; of th<!· Colorado District.Court, 03/07/2007.
19, On D<.ace1nber 2, 2013. l checked the California Department of Jµstice wiretap

dntaba.Se.'to detenn'i·ne if Oilil.'lr applications hnvc been made to hutin.te a Cnll fomia St{lte
authorized "1iretnp intercept of the Target Telephone or lhe Target Subject(s) and lca.l'l\ed other

Ulan those npplications·listcd hereafter, no other applications have been mnde to initiate n
Califbmi.a S1atc autbori7..ed wirelup intercept of T11rgct Tclcph~>ne #1.
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FACTS ES'IABijJ'S!rfflG PROBABLE C:AUsE~

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tmft~9kiiig orgontthlfon': r'DT011)~ Duling th.at::.iuvestiga~<>~ DEA ·Tucson. wa~ahte· to. develop u

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confi..delllial' sc'iuree .("'Cl~1'').who provided infonnation-about till? activities of tn~"organization

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·.and ~cdficnUy diS<:ussed<HYLA ·s conn!!ctioo ro the ·orgari:izati<in. CJ-1 indicated tha,t RYLA

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w~;ll courier wh9 'Pieked:·up·money from L~$ Angtdes. l11Feb~~·2.0l3-. DEA Los Ange!es

S · -initiated an inv~figatfon: into ~hm nart<>tics- proceeds:.courieJs·~perating in. the Los Angefes

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2L 'I'.h~·Fed~rill Bhreawof Investigation (FBl). Orange Com~lY om~o

provided in~om~~tion.

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re~t¥.~ing't1ie· use <if 'Im:g~fT~lcphone #1 .and KS ~W~EllY &TORE. The FB:J i~terc~pte~

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Target T.elcphono.#1 duri~e a ~OJ awih:tap invcsti~atio.Q., ti1 whl~h n money pick up w~

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several .Asla:n·nnrcotics:'proc~s couriers are _working together to distri(?ut;e narcotics p~eeds to

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membel's of DTOs throughou1 the Lo,s An~e.les ar.c~1. The tnoney is then ~ent to Mexico or ·souJh

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Atuericu,.wbere H i.S used to purchase co~.riine, which: is-.then sen.t back to Los Angelcs·an:d is

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dl.stribute~ throughout Southern ~alifQrn~

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ihatthe A.!li~1 narcotics 15roc.eed~ c.ouriers a.re linked to Asian DTOs l}iat 'it:?e the currcn,cy.te

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pm:c~~ <eo·cai.n e,in the.Los Ang~~ area, which is then sent back to Canada. The cocaine is' thon

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sold in"Canada. The proeceds from the cocaine in Canada are then sent back to the Los Angel~s

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area to purchnse more cocaine and other narcotics. DEA Agents aJoo believe that the same Asian

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organization in Canada.smuggles high grade marijuana to the lJni1ed States and U1cn send the
cash proceeds to Asian 1illrcotics proceeds couriers in the Los Angeles area.
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~ U.S. a~pr~~ M!il J?ac~agc containing,.$4~~$.P,. An Ora~ge· County.Sli~tiff's· Otjfattment

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nareo~os· d~teoti9n·l<·9. indicated that the-money hap an odor.ofnaroQtics. ·Th.epij¢ka_ge·was

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. adare~sed to ~OPC 'ijJCH IBWELR.Y.

9200 Uols.a Avenue. 113, Wc5tminster,. California 92683 1

4· sent from RU.BY JEWELRY, 5145 Buford.Highway, Doravilloj GMrgfo 30340. The Express
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Mail Jab.el ~s~ thetefop.hone nwnber..lor Rl..J BY JEWELRY ·and·tl.1e tdep.h0rte nu:ntQer for

6 NGOC.BfCHJEW.l$;L'RY. According10.pii~lie:d~~>'a5e5;.$oph~ li!M i~· l~S:te.a :~ the ·c hief
·1 8:ke,c~.tjye:OfflcC;(~EP,).ttf!.'RUBY JEWELRY. DEAa~tntHiave fou~~ ~t?:U~ t4H.@alysis that
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~vernlphe>.l}c·nQ,m'OeiS ~\ll>5cn1)ed to UM have also, been·i'n contact "''rith Tft'11Jeffi)ephot1e.#i.

Z~·. On Sept~~q.~r24, 20t3, OEA n~~nts tmd:·Long Bench Pel.fee: Offi~era' seized"Sloo~ooo

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in df'\!g .prp.ce.e.d~·froiha.n lntlivWuaf who picked up the-money.from Jts:':-fEWELnY~ORE .

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Tbo·d~liy.ery oftb¢.curienby was ·coordinated ~ing 'Tnrg~fTel~phone #1. A..~.ong;Beach Police

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K,19 ctog .co.n4~~t.¢~. a search. o'f the currency and d.et~cted a disth\ct- nartotfos oder. 01l'N6\1ember

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7-, 2013. DEA ·a~enls"ru'id Long Beach Police Officers sei7.ed $189..780 and a $1 OD ~Ollllt~foit bill

in drug proceeds froman-.in.dividual who plQJ<eth1p th~ m<.)ncy from KS J EWELRY STOJlE.
The delivery of the cummcy wns:coordinated using Tnrge1"fcfopbooe#1. A LongJ3caoh ~.olico
K-~ dog co~ducted a

Cell Sit9 ~01aly~is
~-S ~J Jia':'e·r~~tve'cl subscriber infonn~t~oruut.d ca\l clctrui r~cords from T.:Mbb.ile'for.

'T1r~~t'Tel~ph.1>r.ie #.• ~J,.otdel-ed cell.site data, wliic~_sl:iows·that TurgetTelepbonc #1 is mo~1ly

used near LAY ·and TAN~s husiness i11 Lontt .Bench. California~ The money Js delivered.in tong
Beach; however; the members of drug trafiicking o~aniz.ations pi.eking up the money are

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th.tol.ighout Southern Cnlifoi:nia to include Riverside Counly.

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search of the currency and t.letccled a distinct narcotics odQ.r.

Toll Analysis for Target Tclephonc.#1

26. l hav.c reviewed th~. telephone call records for Targtt Telephone #1 fotthe time
period from November 20, 20 13 lhrough November 28;20 13 {the "toll t.ime period"). During the
t~ll time·pcriOd, ~pproximately 126 telephone calls were mnde to/from approximnteJy'32 ditforcot
tclephon~

h\Jmbers·from Target Telephone #1.
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·27i Dwil1gthe.toll ttme,pei~iociff.ntget Tefepli'Qne·#t had approximately 2 contacts witlt

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g;. ' 17()'..9,~~8$0~, wj:tfi-1he most ·~t coqtact OD November 23 •.20l3. Pllone number 7-7.6~936311 · ·~?OQ· !f!~ ~e: bWjfn~.S$; prrone f6.r~\l;U8Y: JEWELRY. Sub$eribei inf0.i7i1ation l'onhe 77Q..~)'3'!>-8·$0_Q
l~~ts th~.~pscri_beras:~bY--Jewelzy,- 5 l4~'~fpl;9·HW)'.NE,STE-D AUant~ GA '30,4<l Target

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·2Sf Bas~ o~ my kil0.Wl~g!'· ofthiS. investigation, .aO.UYJE\VELR:Y w~s·i.111.e<>ntaor.wlth

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'l'a~et:Tel~phoiledh't<> coordinjlte the delivery of.~otics: proce:Cds. This is based 9n.RU13Y

9- JEWELRY's hist&y. Qf.~ncUngnarcptics· pro.cceds in·the U.S--. mail.

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1nsp~t(;i~~.,-Santa An~ PqUc~rQepartment: (SAPD) and Orange CQunty Sheri.fr..s Deparl!llent·

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t2 .(QC.~Ql:se\~¢~ $,1p@.qg.iji~te.nt~,ff9rii lUJBY JEWEt'RY.·ad~setfto<"NG:oc ·BtCjf. J~WELRY.
13 . An OeSO. ~·9 ,dog_de~te<l'~iledot of natC:otie.S-on.th~-pabkit~;.The·paCkage was foµqd=to·
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_$tea i~at. the~ had s~eil.-simiJ•:·packages s.ent 'from RUBY JEWELRY that they suspecled to be

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!io. 'fl~e·J>$.~@ge:\\fa8.ad:~r¢sse<l to.NDO\:LBJ£ll mWEt>JlY. 9200"Bolsa Avetiue,- 1i3,

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GeQtgia,1.03,'40.. '.The ~xpte.ss .~fail label listed·the 't¢lephone.'miti1ber for the sen9er iu:J.BY.
H~WELRY (770-936'- 8500) and tho telephone number.for the.recipient NGOC BICHJE\VELRY

i . fll4-89.0·9~27). A~¢ordi1)g· io public databases. Sopbuna UM is:liste.d asjhe Chi~fExcC:utJ.ye

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Officer (CEO) ofRUBY JEW:E.LRY. Accofding to Tolls analysis, T.hav.c found that three
,._~wtional cell phort.e.numbers-(in additiotqo RH)3. Y JEWELRY b~isin~~s ..ph911e) .S\ib'Ser~Qc;.d tq

LIM, (the CEO of RUBY JEWELRY) thot hnvc bec11inrrequent -~onfucl with"Targe.f-Telephob·c
'#J.. In my--expcrieoce it is comrjlon for narcotics and narcotics proceeds·cp~ers to "hny~ :m~tipie
·phon!! numbers.

J.i.. bn SeP,tt!mb~r·'20, .~013, Postal lnspec1ors_obtaincd n Federal search waiJ1I.tl,L.and
,ot:>encd::.the ·J?>~rc.ss Mail:pac~agc ~d founc,i $40;(;50. ofU::S. currency. The currenc{'. was

P.ncK.aged:°inside a tin box 1hat was placed within multiple layers of bubble mailers and-'box.es. No
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invoices wecc·prese~t. The 1mckage was..then.:foe.tzetl 'Qy Postal !nspe-0to.r Rofo and mai'nfained in
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Rc'.>fe tu~ oyer:t~a ctjrr~oy to·DEA Los.Angefo~ ~gents. Tiw lack of -invojce.Md.the mlr'Itiple
layers of pacl.giglug.- te-ad:n1e·to believe that lb.i~ ·is n9J a kgifonnte transaptlon. If.the money was

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tor l\-·Yegiti_m:a1e :P:an$a<!liot), it-wouid ~ontJrln·n1\'invotc:e¥· t nlso beUeve the ·multiple l~ers of

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beciJuse.of,tl~e·hjstory,:. qf t-WOC. BfCH.JEWLER Y; Based ot\ my- knowJepge of ih1s·

f Q ·· inv~ti~d~n1. th~ m9n~:ttmt:RUBY JB\vEE;RY sent to N.Gbc·me H IE,WECR.v ·ilinarooties
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·w-oce~<l~:or:iiS'.mon~y tlfafwill·be deiivered to pi.irc~.e atldi(iQual narc~tics, ..B_ased:mrmy
'.knowl~dg~ l~~d ini;h~s·fav.cstigation an(! in c.Qnve·rs~t~onswith. other.~w'enfortetncru

personnel, NGOC·BJCH JEWELRY has been ldentifi.<:4_as tnm~mltting narcotics.proceeds for
D~. .NGOC
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BICH JEWELRY was specificnlly identified as a: narcotics proceeds courier

ijfui~g:a· 20~7'.DEA :?rl:iffer With-a member of a V\emamp_
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\vho was se.ntcn,ted to P.rison

for ·muncki11g._nn~~tics from Canada to·Cali(omfo ·an~ then tising.:Noot BTCH IBWE~RY !<>
tran~wittbe narc.otic.$ proeet.'<ls onck to Canndn. NGOC BICH ;JEWBt:RYufao haS b~n

.identiiie.~ as being h1vo·1ved in what appears to be a trade ba~d mpney la~dering. ~heme
occor~ing

to suspicious financial records. NGOC BICH JEW.ELR:Y has be.en involved··h1 these

.illegal t1ctivities for de'clS1des. Below is a summ81)' of whaj l have-.Iearoed about 1lie nctivitfos ·o f
NGO~ BlCH ~BWELl,lY.' I hnv.e also identified througllp·ast t6Hs anal~sis thaf business

·telephone number for ?ifGOC DICH JEWELRY is rn regular .Cfon1nct with.Target Tclepho_nc ·#1.
Based OJ.l tolls fro.m RUBY JE WEIJRY (770-93.6-8500), RlJ.BY JEWELRY was in cQ,1Jnct with

N'ooe·'81cH JEWELRYapprQximately 2S times during the toll period (August 24, 20 13 to
Septom\x.,,-·22, 2013).
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On May 2.•. 2.0+.3~ SA Bedford un<l f called Vice President Assistant BSA Manager

A.B. af .&st West Bani\ in Los Angeles. California. A.B continnc<l .. thnt_NGOC BJCH

J.E'WELRY had an account nt Ea'll West Bunk nnd that the ·busiQess phone number ltsted·· .,.vas 7-14890:-9527. A.B. also stated that he found records of 14 bank accounts linked to NOOC Il.£CH
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JH-WELRY.. He·expluined th:~{ lh¢,ir:finan.~i~l irw~stiga~ion tJnjt;.bad•fuund 0 0 great deal of

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,ristw..£0.r:the Jiast West Bault.
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eQnseqll~ntly~.East West B~k .made the ·decision to .c.lose. all bank

·~~c~unJ~J~ed to.NG~€:·B.JCH JEWELRY.. (From my trainio.~. lt11d ~~perience as well.as

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f~~J~t~at illegal activil~. will. lead to law enforceme:rit5eizure.] .Scv~ral accounts linked lo

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8~;0-,?S2J as a bus:i~ss:phone:rtuinoor, ro·r one of her accounts (this account 1s naw ~los·ed). J:C..
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~tat~~<hluWfyfatiliatt:ao Beuch'.tl'ading Inc.. bas notiecd .sus~icio~,t~nai).cia(notivity .frpm

NGtfYEN's a_ecoun't's J•<,r:Several' ycars:and·that·the)" htwe-~pte,fio repprl·tli'e's~i6lqus
actiVity. J:c. statecrttwfNOlJ.YBN·wired un\isually lll!ge amo:an.tS·~fcurrencyfotQ Uie·"tradirig.
ncc'o.u11ts·~ J.C. stated t.hat these nmounts were·partkul~ly. sqsp~~.lo~s·for a.Sina.ll retail je\velry

business and ihey could·not confirm th.e source of the money..LC~ stated that NGUYEN
eooti.i.iued.to buy lar:ge atnmtnts of gold al atitne' that others-were not buY,ht~,· as:ifsbe .were trying
·to·m~k· some. lcindof other-!lctivity.
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addition, NGOC BrCH JEWELRY was ptevjousl.y identified during.a DEA Sat\

Jose, ·California inv·esti'gation-in 2007. During an interview with a narcotics courier named .Khanh
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Tri~~ LE, subsequent lo his arrest for cultivation and snle of marijuana, LE stated.~t on-hvo
oC'~fo,n~, ..he·:wrudold by l1is-nnrcotics source qf.~upply to

takc.nnrcotics pro~s io·:NGOC

.STCl:f JEWELRY' in the-. Los Angele.~ ~ ~d pay nioney--thnhws oweg~ LE Wl\S:t~IchJiat his
:source.of supply wol.4ld.~o~tncta Ngoc Bi.«b .Jewelry Store.in Vancoul'~r; Ca~da, and advise

them that n perspn would be dcliv~ring money co the Los Angeles based'Ngoc..Sich Jewelry. LE
stated 'thal upon arrival to the bu~iness, he would hnnd the money

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~·This infervii:~ was.'C:o.~cluctcd ns pur:t o( a pre-scnte,nce proffer. This lndlviduul wru; not 11.;<:ooper.rting
sotirce tu:td l luive no basis to make·n a-edibility dc1etminnlion.
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female, who then c9u11ted it on an electronic money cowucr.

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rec;efpt·and I<mve' tbe·.·~o~~ This money, tnin1:1s-some .comniission1 would th¢p be ~vaiiable to }\ls

Once counted. ~E would ree~ivtnt

.3. .,source of supply lit the,·NgQ~'Bi~hJewelry {).tore in Vancouver. This was the m'etHtxf"0sed to

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a. Bas,cP, on·database searches,. NGOC BJCH .l&WEL~Y was'thcfpnlyjewelry

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f6t maHjuana sold in Califo(11i.a b&ck to·the, mariJUana.sup_plies in.Canada.

sror.e·in':the 1;;9s·l\Qge1~..area.with -"Ngoc BiGh" ih ·i~ name hi·the 2007 peripc:t

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.ilie-c·~~·a:gertt to(~he. Z9~7 'DEA Satr_j9se in:y.~~t1~tjpn. SA.Raittines- verified tba1 u~; ~elivcrcd

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:narC,htics pFoe:ee~· to NgQC Ui.9h' Jev.-elty SltJtc at. .n.PO-Bo.lsa Avenue, Westmjnster;-Calffotn.la to

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Qe·~Cnt to LE' s-marijtla,Jm suppliers in Canacfa. SA Rrunntes stated limrthe L:E \vas:r~eiving hi~

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~dc:ma~iju':Ula from Vancouver;· Canada and selling the-majority of it in No.tthe.tn ~alifo.mia and

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s~lliJi~ lesser .q,tan;titi~ i,n.So,tithem .CnHfornfo, SA I~es stat~ LE sold U1e.1marijµanaJor

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~p~x.fruately $5000-$60,00·per pound. According to.thtl!;2Q.07- pr.offer; LE wmild"nrrange fcYr.the

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Wesllninster-, Cnlifomfo. LE would do this by talking to somebody in Cn11a~a who would arinnge
fof the narcotics pr.oceeds. to be:brought to Ngoc aich Jewelry,- located in 'the Asian Garden Mcil
at 92.oo·B0lsa Ave.mi~. Wes~1instor•.California. There.- is.' anoth~r identically namedj~w.elry store:

(Ngoc'.131Ch Je~lr.y) inN~'!lco.u~er,. Canada. Ngoc.Bicb Jewelry in Westminster, California

would ·sel1d the:money to ~gop Bkh Jewelry in Canada, where U1c ua.rcotics.ptoceeds·would be
_p,i~kc~ MP' hy 'the matljUruia source of supply·in Canada. SA Raounes further s1oted that in.2006,

a California Bureau of Narcotics (BN£) t.oam conduct.~ s~1ryeil~Mcc of.LE on bebaj~Of DEA San

JQse. D'uri:ng the surveillance, BNE agents observed LE ent¢r NgQc Bich Jewelry in 'the Asian
Gard¢n'·Mall,.-9200 Bolsa Avenue, Westmfosrer, California. SA Rninmes stated that DEA San
.Jo-sc l~ter leanted during n proffer with LE that the p\lrpose ofhis visit tQ Ngoc ~foh Jewelry
Store was to send the narcotics proceeds to Canada, where !he money would be picked up by his

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Inspectors working in conjunction with the

Los A~lgcles P9Jice D.epartmcn1 (LAPD) conducted an operation to intercept nnrcotic~.re!nted
cutrcncy sent through the tJ.S.· mail. LAPD Detective George Bcshay intcrcepte~ a box

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Wes~nsterf Californiil; which he. suspected containe4 U.S. currenC)'. Investj:gators;and 9ffi:c<:rs

j :; ·took tf\_e box to NGOC mcH JEWELR?f and.approached- NGWEN. In an in(erview<Jurmg

·4. ···w'hiclt ·NGUYEN' s· daughter acted as.a-trnnslatoi:, NGUYEN -provided coosenrfor·law
·5: · :ie~orcem.cn~ t0:open- lbe box; Ittsldc the box was-bulk curron.cy, wr~p~ ln f~il \

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Detective Besfuty identffied·approximntely-three mQte boxes-addt'eSs~d' tO NGOC B.ICH

9. JHWELRY· w.ith the..samc:g~ner.al appec;ttnnee; Due to:.intemril·regulation1>.• these·additio.nal ·boxes

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were.f)ot intercepted; However, USPS issued n waflPog. tO PREClOOS. JEWELS B.~(~OOC

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IBWE~RY i~sue9 nlimerous.checks.and conducted -multiple wire 1ransters·ranging from
npproximate-ly~ $3,600

to $3.00..000, totaling-in excei.-s of.$40"rnillion .<Jolla.rs, rn.n.ddition. -~.cc.ount

l'CC:Qrds. reflect.targ.e c·asb witharawals from tile account

37·.. A bEA senior tlnruiciat an.ulyst nnaly~d three bfil1R·ncco_un·1s of NOOC BlC.H

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JlnaJlc!~j aoth.-ity. The:ilrst ·bnnk account show~ ~pptl>j(imatefy $.681 ,35.3,625 .58.of d~o~ris-and

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-~'~gf.j4~Y93'2;22: of witl1dtaW.als frott,t Jam1afy 2011 to .Jtme:2012 .. The ~~cond bank:acc_o,unt
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approximately-·$283,l35,259.55 of deposits-and $283,135,259;35 ofwith~~als, frpm

April'. 2012 to April 2013. The tlii'td bnnk account showed approximately $17J,563,~81?3 of

de_p<><sitnmd$174,013,041. t l of wi1:hdrnwals from January 2010

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·actounts show a similar pattern ofwithdrawals being:qlosely cquiva1¢.nt to deposits. According
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the.sen for financial at1aly.s-t; su·ch a pattem is cxtrcm:ely suspicious ·and abnormal financial

actjvity.. bccause the cash·fiow streams of legi1'imatc business. are not usually able to so p·recisely
mateh:in dcppsits and withdrawals. In additi0n 1 based on the pnltern of transfers and the natl.ire of
the re¢ipiel)lS, .the Senior Jin~~ial. an~yst befieYC$ that'the business could be .engaged ill
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fonds·recejved ·fot. purchases come from othe~ wlto ditl not make tbc·purchases butneeded to

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b._· identifying ~d:devet.opii1g-~u fficient·evi'den:ce to ;.fdenti(y, lpcat~~ .indjct,,and

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prosecute. be,r.:~nd n r~ont'tblc .d.oubt~ . co-(;bhspirat.Qts,whO''~r~nvorktng With.the

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Target Sub.jcc:ts (iocludi~1g supplie~ 1 tra~t>¢rters·1 .gulirds~ brokers;"c\\Stomers;

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control.led·su.qsUµtces. This' ihct'ud:cs di5covering.tbe rotes·of'the TargefSUbj~b.

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ar~ conductin~ . d{ug transactions so that ~e trnnslictions can be obServed.and

sefzures can.potenti'nlly be· mudc;

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e. locating. any sror.~:gc location or locations for cont.rolied substances th11t the Target
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gnthcring infonnntion about where the targets, broker$, and customers k~p tho

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""ifnetcssruy..beoo~.llS . exr?lrlined below, 11om-url investigatfve:tcdiniques have .~.9-;tde,a~~

have-fruled-to. fu!Jy ae@.e.Y<' lhe-obje~tiv~s of this inv,estigatipn1.,or·apptan~nsomtbly· Hk~fy t6 tail
·;raf,tempte.d~ or nrc.too;'9~\ger0us to employ. Based on my k.Qpwl~ge of this:invesiigatio.n.,.this

is,-:tru~:beoause. the goaj~ .Qf. this·invcstigf.ltion.incl\1de: ffi1fr'i~e.ntifMng the Taiget.S~tb)ects

andlot.:an,y Jocati0ns:tf1ey:use in the United.States in .furtl\cranc¢/.Qfthe-Target Offenses;
i~!rl'ltify.j,i;g;other n~.otks· money distribtltors; ick!ndfying 0~11e.r..~li(cciti¢8;oi:gani'.intiollS',_..s:ucJl ;a~·.

those iri As1u, Ctmada~. MeXfec;> and .othc.rs arc working: wi!li,those -ilnrcotfos otkanJzation;·
determin:fog the manner in wlucb this organization launders money a.nd ·smuggles ·conl'roll.e.d
sµb~t~nccs into t11e United

States and overseas; idcntif-y:iug other \Ulknown co-conspirators who

artrns.s1sting the Tt1rget..~_!i~ject$ and others in thoir efforts lo impo~· and distribute·controlled
-_Sli~~tartc~11;: obtaining·infomfation about.other narcotics ~ney qi§tr}biitors; identifyh1gconttQlled

~qP.~tari~ stash locatfons.lfsed·.by this organization and·others; identifying any a5setS. generated by
lhe ~le.of nrireoties and narcp_tios money distributor aetivitie~ by·Tstrgcf·Subjeds:aridoihers;
·arid Qismtinding·the drug·ttaffick.ing and narcQtics proc-ecds rcmilt(lnc.e· organfy.atiori(s)~

Morc:Over, because the .goals ofih.is investigation go far beyond t11e activiH'es of the Ttlrget
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requested wu-elaps are necessary to·ncbicve the broad gonls of.this iOvcstlgarion.

40. To.date, agen.ts hnve utilized muJtiple troditiorial investigative tcohniques in th.is
lnvcstlgution. "lbesc techniques include, but arc no1 limited to: physionl ·snrveillance,
confidential informants, attempted· interviews. vehicle trilckcrs. pole cameras, financial
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fde'ntilt~s.of;the cJt~~; th~ ;~ouro.es c:;f'the eocaine,. l~cati9ps· o,f s!8$hJtouses, or thcrm.etfu?ds

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(wanout nwiretap an !th.o ')::1urg9t 1'clct)htirte-.#1) are nQt·reas:~mably lik~ly to suceecd:fo a·i19wing
th'e gfivern.ment fo fully achicye .th~. tWals of this invesfiga~ion.
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U. 'Tij~fl. AI thou~~ Ch 1 has. ~~!1 h~l)fi~l in this·investigatfort,. CJ~ l's. us~ is liln.ited bastd on

14 ,hislher.rolo as·a l~w~Jevet;InQney cotirier, Cl-I i~dnfonnntip~ ~·s. pri.inanfy heel); liintted to
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Orgnni:r..ation or··direct access to the fonding of narcotics within this orgnni~ti_on as h~she has
hiStori~lly p·ick~4. ul?. mpncy·~m HYLA.

4~. As <liscussedihtflirth~r·de~ail below; CI-2 was a confiden~al sotU't~. w<:)tklngfor.DEA

<Shicngo. Aliliougl:i:,Cl-2 has been helpful in this investigation,.ci~2~s. µse-,is.limit~g: ba5e'd on

hisihcr r.ole as a Iow.-level money courier. Cl-2's infom1atlon has primmily been lfroitcd to
.hls/her kiiowfodge about the nclivities of HY LA. He/she does not know any of the other Target
S~bjects·.

CI-2 also has. no kriowledge about tho inner: workings of ~he Asian Narcotics Courier

Qrgaruzation or direct access 10 the fundfog of naEcotics within this organization.

44. Aftnough 'er~ 1 and Cl-2 have been ~uccessfuUy utilized in this invcstigat.ion, l still
know of no confidential infonnal)t that is in a position to provide iJifottnation or asslstan~e .~t

will.result in law·enforcement satisfying th~ go·aJs of this invcstigalfon. Cl-l and Ct-i-an!.'low
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ol:ganization and. \s-·...vi.Uing .tp-.cooperate, which is t.ypicaJly difficult. since inembets bf'drug
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o.fficer/age·nt w<.mld be able.to .achieve any furthct pen~~tion of I.he organization. Even if !l :~ce

to fitcc·meetin&with ~n undercover could be coaducted, th.e under.cover would qpt be 1>:bie tp
dclertni.m: UJe.~ten~ oJ' the cntir~ enterprise agd ~ot.dd !)Ol b.e abfo:to·ft11ly_id~1\tjfy.u·::sQt1rce . of

s\Jpplyoi' tlic.leade~~tp. oftlre Canadian nnO. M~icnn .narcot1cs purchasets'@d the,Asian
o~~ot;c8 m~ney 4istributor network. It

is unlikely that any undertover:would.be:able·.to obtain·

.ariy.mot.e in.formation thun .~11.S already b~n provided·by Cl· I or. thnt law·enfu~ceroent has.been·

able·•9 develop.

An,y u1\dercover ·agent would be "new" to

the orgauization, and would ·not be

penn1tted to..J¢arn s.igniftcanf information ~bout olhct members·ot' lhe :orga.nizatiQn.

48" Spe.cificalt.y in thf8 case, H appears that the Tar.get Subjects are~lose:fri~ds"Qt family
mcmJ>ers that.share personal and·cuftural ties. The inv~sti.gation h~ .su~t~that ~·
conspirators live together or nearby and share.a bpnd oftrust: b~sed on lifetime r.elation~hips. For
example. this investigation has showed that YU. TING. and LIN a~related and sbarc:a r~i'd~µce.
Jt~ls.o ~hows that YU~

TTNG1 LIN aro linked to JERSON TRADE,. making it likely a .family~

:bu$~i:tess:. The snme is true ,Viti~ the relationship betv.!ecn LAY and. TAN, who shar!!·R·residence
· ~d also:work together. NGUYEN and lTOW an: a mother and-dnughler team. II \Vou!dlxfoearly
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7 . ·tO;pbptdmnt6 a mer\e:Y:'picktip in.Monterey'i>.ark., c:ati(o~&! 'Pt5?, ~C contacted.YU\ This confuo:t.

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disfnhution .organi?~tio.n~ YU'·Y4~ extr.em.e~y vague in-her communieation~ With ·t~·UCduring
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r can.say wi'th·~lmost nbS.Olu1~ C.~rtah~ty, that:theT1,trg'ct·Subj ccts:ate·only a·smaJl part in

\"b..nt:aj:>pears·to be.an intcma.tiomu.~Mspir~cy. As thls hwc5li.gati0n progres's~, D.EA ha~·
continued to identify new Asiuh money couriers. Additienal consensual recordings ruuy be made

, as:the investigation progresses~ However, even if I discover an opportµni~y to make additional
co·nseosuat t'<!corc.Hngs·.wtth the. Taj-get SUbjcds, these recordings wilFface timitatfons. As
d.~cribed above Jn the sections regarding CSs and UCs, those ab~c to conduct consensual

recordings will likely only' be.given access to limited pieces ofinfo.n.na~ion regarding rhe tnrg.et
organization. The in~ormation obtained \Viii likely pertain only to discrete drug·and/or money
delivery rransaclions between the CS and a member of the Target Orgnoizat~on nnd not satisfy the

goals ofthe investigation.
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aS$oclntions.b.etwcei\ i\lleg~d conspirators, but often !eads to speculation regarding the

significance oflhe ob$ervntions. This is due in pnrtto the very nnturo of physical SltrVCillirtlcC., as
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51. On Pe.bru~rr l>2013, OBA A.s~nt~ conducted survcillan.ce of a rnouey drop at lhe
HONG KONO .St)PER MARKET. Cl-I infonued DE~ Agent$ tl1at HYLA would be·picking up

:money.. During surveilJMce:~ agents·observed HYLA pickup ·cutt:en$Y. ·from''an·Asiande1nale.
Ager)ts,·therro~ed . A~i:art"femnle entc.r the CHALLENGE;R. Age•Wi followed CHALLENGER
fo 51·~· W. Ralph Strcc~; San Gabriel, C~lif-omfa, where 1he Asian female exited the vehicle and

entered the residence.

52. On February 15, 2013, DEA Agents cotlducted· swveilJance at J£RSON TRADE, the
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LOCA1'TON, nnd.s·n W. Ralph St1-eet., San Gnbriel, California. Durins·.surveillance,

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the possibili~y of a crash se.arqh,at YU' s rc,sidence nnd business. Agents

opserved'tbe ODYSSEY parked in the driveway of the residence.

53. ·an February 15, 2013. LA IMP.ACT nnd D~A conducted surveillance at th(rHONG

KONG S"tJPER MARKET.

'11H~ surveillance wus pnrt of an opcrution in whibh

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UC·picked up approximritely $300,000 of U. S. currency from YU. This surveillance wa.s useful.
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5:6•. Qo. M.~h l.S, 20l3-.. surve1lla.nce_wa:.~ conducted atHYLA's residence~ 404.San

Vicei;itellouievard, 'SantnM~micu,·Califomi~. Du~ng survciliance,-1observed ·an orange
Milsub.ishi.parked in'tiie parking ~arnge below rh~ .r.es\d.encc , Up()n furtlter· inv~stigatfon, I
di~covtred. tbat the vehicle was a rental vehicle rented ~y c-i'~I,A. HYLA ·hnd been.rentfog·the

vehi.cle since.Jnnuary 1'~ 2013 mid· w~ ·scbedttle'd t9 r~tun1 the v.Ciilcle ott Mar.ell 19; 2Ql).... Jl
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veHicle:i.s the-.sllJJle \iicbi'Clc DEA Agents«Qb~~ed· l:l:YLA driving on..Febrtlaiy l~

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57.. On April :3~ 20.13, DEA Agc,nts conducled si~r,voillancc at 14738 Rick Lllij~, ;Corona,

California. During_survCi!Jan.ce agents observed lhe CHAL.LENGER parked in the driveway of
the resi<lenee. ·The front door of the residence was open and I observed two males iiµid_e the entry
wa~· of the residence. According to GPS tracker data, the

residence ot?. multlptc·occasions.

5'8. Ori April s-;,4on, DEA Agents c·pn~ucted 'Sui::veillari~e. anhe,.~OSE~YN:-LQQATlQN
andJERSON TRADE._.During"surveillnnce ugents observed the. OD:YSSEY ~rk~d-in the
drivewny of the ROSELYN LOCATION nnd. lhe CHALLENGER parked behind the'fcnc.e at the
ROSELYN LOCATION. I o.b'servcd YU move lhe ODYSSEY to the rear of JERSON 'rRADE

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as the passenger ofthe vehicle. The deputy received consent to &earch the'CHALLENGER.:-but
dld not find' any conlniban~l.. L.rN' stl\ted that his rei:;idence is 513 Rnlph.Street and TING state'd
ho~rcsidcn~c is 1its. Our.fi~J°d Ave, Monterey -Park, California. ··alis is the addres.s of JERSON

TRADE: TINO staled ~hat s,hc works ut Fu Yi $tore (a~a .JERSQN TRADE). TING SWed.that
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Boulevard, Snnta Monica, California. During surveiflanc~ age.nts observed HYLA's

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836 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, Cnlifomin. During surveillance ugents obse:rved that tlle
bt1~ines~ wns closed

and the gate to the bt1slness was locked. J observed scvcrul surveillance

c.amcrns attached to the: exterior of the business. During this survciflnncc, agents evaluated the

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3 {ental :cur.i n red: 20·13 ·Niss~ti Alt.!mt;t. Cali lbmia li¢ensc plate :6ZTnS6 ·pwxe.d ln H'YLA*s Patk:J.ng
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stkveliJruice TX>bserved:'ili&.CBALLENGEll'patlced behind JE'RSON TRADE. 1observed thf\t

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tQ: , Asi'M .mnl.e exit ~nitsqi-qfu.\P.~ With awfiite t)l~stfo ~g. The,f.siarnnale ptilced the plastic bag

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65•.On May, ;3P;,:2QJ_), OEA Agent:.~ condu~teJ suri1cil1ance of LAY and TAN attbeir

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the business.
66. Qn_August l_, 29. l.}. DEA Ag~nts conducte~ surveiUance at JERSON TRADE, 1.~7 N.

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.a:~d exit JERSON TRAD~ .. t obtcrved YU exit the rear ofJER:SON TRADE and pla~e·a black

plastic bag jnside the'ODYESSEY. I requested for Monterey Park Poilce Dcpartmeni (MPPD) to
~nduc·t ·n tratl1c srop o.f YU.

MPPD Officer Toriy Ul.rich conducted a traffic stop of the

ODYSSEY rifler he Qbserved it spce.ding in a school zone. YU consented ton search ofthe
ODYS:SEY and no contraband-was found. YU had a large amount of cash in heqmrsc; she stnted
it was money collected from tenants for rent. I conducted an interview of YU with MPPD

Detective Bob Hung, who acted as a Mandarin Translator. YU was evasive to ·questions asked
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ch.ange.4 her s~atcment several times. YU claimed to have no krtowlcdgc of any money

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amhetrieve·a baQ"~-whleh stttrpla~d iriSide the- back seat-0f the.-Acnrn. As DEA Ag~nts w:ere

&3'6/E, A.·cy~h~lm.Strect,..Loi1g Be8ch,..Califomia. Dutiog surv1:.illanp¢ DE,t\Agem.'t oj)Served a few

fullowi'ng the Acura, th~ vehicle f(ngaged in c6unter-snrv.eillance d~vin~ tech?iqu~;-asit.9,kcleiL

9 ·Qi~blg~. bµ\ J\gepts:cQntinued.to follow th.e Acui:a and requesteP Long Bepch.Po.licc.
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q&. On Qctob~· 24, 20l3, DEA:Agent.~ conducted·siirvemance at 39t9·Roek~}llldiiig

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bf. 'Cnmry, Cafifo~a.Li~e11se plate 6KU'r?4Q. (tt:ie CAMRY) p~ked on the.lefl-si:de o.f th~dri..V'eway

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l~ghts.·in(hcresJdencc turncd 'off. I then placed a Gi>S Tmckin~ Device on the CAMRY.

69. On N0.vem~r'5, 2_()13~Long Beach PoliceDepartment (tJWD) detectives conducted

l'S - survdlfanec pt'KS JEW~LJl)' STORE on ~half of DEA. Du.ring'si1rvei1Jancc LBPDfo~towed

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70. On·No.vember_1, 2013, DEA ag~nts nit,d LBBD d~t~tiyes .estnblished·sut:veillance on
TAN usi'ng a OPS Trnekcr. DEA agents and LBPD followed TAN tQ at KS.JEWELRY STO~E
and observed him enter. l also observed LAY at KS JEWELRY STORE. During sur:veillance,
DEA agcnrs obscr-vcd RlV AS arrive empty handed and depan with a white cardboard box.

LBPD then conducted .a traffic stop of RIVAS and selmd the box, which contained $189;780 of

J:,J..S.: curr~nc~ and a ·s100· counterfoil bill.
71,. QnNo,~cmber l.S, 2013, DEA agen.ts nnd Simi Valley Polfce.Departmcnr(SVJ>D)
de.tcctivcs con.ducted $UrVeiJl1ince at KS JEWELRY STORE. During survelUance,.DEAag~t.s

tlnd S\{l~D detectives observed a white male and Asian male enter Uie front door. After the .two
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~JE'.\'V~4RY.STQRE. ·QLµiln&·s~eill~ce;.:.ag¢nts· P.~~cd:· b,dtb LAY an.ct:'f AN ,afthe
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·&: 'i{S:Jt'W'.ELl~V STQ~E. Dtufag surveHLa11ce1 agenrs oh,serv~d TAN nt the buslriess,.r>BA

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In tho.open has·bccn :~arryit)g .u suitcase o.r a.backpack in.and out of structures; law ~nforcemcnr

dQCS ~ot know the ex~cl details rognrding the ultimate d~ination of the proceeds after their
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c-0nducL f~or exampl~. we experienced this' sinmtion during suryoitlnncc-Cn1 Fcb.tuary l, 201:3.
During this surveillance, we ·were unable to identify the money courier due to darknc:SS. Due to

reduced visibility, survdlhince vehicles must sonictimcs be p<>sitioned closer to the Target
Subjects in or<lcr to observe their actions adequa~ly. Yc~ surveillance veh1~tes are also more

.·prone to sland uut while ,following the Target: Subjects' vehicles.ii1 ~rcas surrounding their
tC5iacnccs And sl~sh locations. During hours of dnrkness1 tmffic congestion is greatly.red.uced,

m:aJdng.the surveillance vch1cles more vulnerable to detection.
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_a: · .·'liavtHornt?·.pliysitarconhmt·.··while thi·s phy!)j~I . C?Ota~t_tnt\Y, be vali1~~ie-as. c~m)~~tjve

_9 . ev.id'~~-e '.6:C.rn91l~Y or _11.ar.cot,ics.trnns.ac.ciori which .has been planned.and·<,Uscl0se'd .<5p'·~-wif:e"eaU
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~·iil$o·nc.gessary to. Li~mon~1ruyprQceed~ to uolaw(ul·activity.

such as dh.ig "tFafffoking.. BspcoiaHy

~-" thls case, glv~n that. most of·U1c. observed.'ttiul'saction:s have invotv.ed;.deliV.eii¢S Qf ~oney.

'\vhich could thc:oreticaJ1y.h'nve many l;JSCS, it will be particularly iJnporta·nt to.obtain evidence of
the int~nt an<l/o.r knowledge of the individuals about.the souices, origins, ~nd destinations of the
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·7,7. Also, as mentioned. prc:vfously, it is inconceivable that physi~aJ..sur.v.eillance would be able
to view every suppiier unci custome1· wJm is assodatod with-the o:ro.

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be del~cted and·compromised. Wire·intcrceptions allow DEA:to understand

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r.tHlliorn .oecnsions. I do·not want tojcop.1.·u:dizO:thls investigation by

·watching.the Tnrgei Subjc~ls go to the grocery store, go to the bahk. o.r·do any of the other
mul.tituch: possible dnHy ·tt:tsks, tlmt \vould result in our CQnductili.&su.rV.·eUlnnce needJessJy. ·Doing

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Central J udicial District signed a Search Warrant authorizing the·installatjon of a OPS.tracking
devic.c on the C' FIALI.ENGERand the ODYSSEY. On Fcbnuu:y 27; 2013, agents installed a

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.· pirkcd 'in the. parki.ilg :Bl\ra~~; of his i;esidcnce. Agents ent~reel the _parld ng garage andp~ed· a

f T .. '{!jj)S;.truck~ 1.h.:vke on.H\'I~~i\~'s; Cht=yS.ler.·rentar vel~ic'le. 011. At>rH 1 6;'. 2013,~Jhe GP,:s.;:u:~cldng
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·device slopped working an.d agents w~rc no longer able to monitor HYLA"s vehicle.-AccordHig to·

Hert? rccor.dtl; HYLA rc1~1m~d · tlfe Chrysler t() l)n April 22~ 20l 3T
82.1.hnve·.illso i n.-;~11 ¢~- si~c~ingocvice oo.nnother renml vehicle of HYLA's.

"t.·~)n Aprit'26, 20 n, l identified a red 20 l".3 Nissan Atti1'1a parked In
.HYLA •s.parking space in the_parking·garoge of his residence. J wen no Hertz Rental Vehicles
and. vcrii1cd that HYLA h1rsCbeen. renting' the Nissan since March is. 2013 and ·is schedilled to
return lbc·Nissan 01) 1vfay I 8, 2013.
b. On l\P,ril 26, 2013, Jutlge Craig E Venls; of the Superior ·c ourt of

Ch:H fomia, C\.:111r~I Judicfol District sign<;d C\ Search Warrant authorizing the installnti6n of a GPS

iracking dc\ficc o.n HYLA's .Nisson Altinu\. r~nloJ vehicle. On the'.sumed.ay.l ihsfillled·a GPS
tmcki~g t!c\~cc LO HYLNs

Nissan Renlnl Vehicle·.

SJ. On October ~4·, 20 I 3, Judge Ua Martin, of the Su~rior Court of Californfo, CenfraJ
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.2\ ' llie ~f\jvfRY~ri\•en by·T:AN. ..QctC)bci2.4, ~O 1J. J;:>,E,e.,.a;g~nts il,lstalled 11.OPS tracking.deVic~ on·

3.· -the:CA,.MRY., which 'vas-1>at:kedt)n the lc.ttside,~ft}lc;drlv~way of~AYand TAN's·.resfdenceat
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then returned to KHMER

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84, Agents were nafaohHo ~u.eSt .~ GPS d~,ta, ping· ~·W!!rrant. far·Ta.r~ct-'tcleplionc:-#1 .

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OBS Piirf!,.111unitotl.ng tor ~gents..to utilize this leat~re .in a cost effoctive 1ruumC'r.. lf This

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85. T-11~ OPS fracki11g a~vice· in'ttSe. has be~·n useful i'n identHyiltg locations frequent~d·by the
Target Subj~<.·ts-;"bowcve~~- OPS tracking devices arc li'mlted jnr._the-{. nfOm:iation U:iey·prdvide->.)~~

16 ' the)' }1flow invcstigators·fo see orily where a pmifcuJnr vehiote:or devfoe . is.tra~l.irlg.. but prpvfde.
no fojb1111otion abollt' who is u~tng the vchtc!e or ~eVice", or whal is ti.appe.ning. or l~~Ly to!J1appe.r\

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)ocatfons.of fntCJ"<!Sl for·fitrllicr irwestigutiO'n, but do.not provide lhefosl.gl_ltinto the activiti'es OT

highcr-lc.vcl acto(S of a~l: orgi:mizati'on soµgbt by lhc investigntion.
Scas·ch \Vanants·

86. Some of' the long term .soals ofthhdtwestig.ation are·to execute search;Wl\t.f.a,rl.lS.at all
known drug.affil iatc<l ]ocntfon~•. th~rc nce.ds to be a great. deal of cnreful planning'. prfor ,to. the
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of these typ(.'s of se~frch warrants. For exfUJlplc, drug traffickers us.ually conduct their

busincss:withou1 muiuwinins u daily jo.umaJ ofnll ofthcir suppliers ~nd .c.ust~me~. an'Q stash
house~ a·ml mclhods of op.<::J'Utioo. While dn1g traffickers dp .p.ften k~ep drug Jedg~rs at ilicir

homes, busi.nesscs, or other locution.s where they store things, the ledgers are typically cryptic and
difficu!l to und!!rst;inJ wilhoul other Clridence (such as codes for <lrngs and individuals) obtained
fro in a wire interception. 011 their own, ledgers will not supply' the evidence. needeci'to satisfy·the
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nrunes oftheir suppliers pr customers with whqm they cond\;lcl their.drug tnUficking activities.

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~he· arrest of.crilical mern~rs ott_he organfaa.tiort. Stash houses·~ue ofteciare handled by. lower

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thut would allow k1·W enfot~e·rucntt:o 'c.onnect \he evidence 'found nt the. st.i!sh house·buck to the
higher rnnking mccnbe.rs. 9f(l~e organizati<,m.

88. f\·l<.m.:· impMtantly, the gqi\I of tbis investigation is.not lQ chur~c· 1rfew .actors with
nnrcotfos and n:rrcotics P,fOceeds rl;mitiance -Counts, but· to·9.i~muntl~ ·th~ entite:Tar~ct
Or~anlzntion. \Vhite the.cx:ccutfon ·of.searoh -warrants-may provide eVid~ce of drug.trafficlPng.

if'dmgs :md 11wney ate fouiui, they would reveal all of U1c source$ of supply. for the organization~
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work~rs ·in the organiz.atlon,

tho roles of'lhe workers·io the. organization,

ot muriy ocher <.lcwJls .11~ccssary to nch,ieve lb~ goils· oftbls in'V'estigntfoo.

.lf9.;.Add i1ronttl Iy. even if itOt!1s· su¢h,as large amounts of.Currency; docµµieQts I.isling_addresses
:'Md.telephone m1mbcn;1 .anq other PQP.~i's are seiz.~'. dl;)tinB the exe<:ut1~,n. o·f.sea'.roh \\rammts. they
: gencrnlly have lt\r kss probative·value by thcmsclv~ than ·Y..hen-tliey ar~- inttoduccd

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.conjunction with i:onvcr~ntio ns between the conspirators which give full meaning to the
docwncn ts. The .s..: i .rnn.~ of such items without the aid of inte,-cepted conversations among the
Turgct S1thj~ds will nor ht: reasonably likely to enable the government

to prove beyond a

reason•1bl.:: doubt the m:lual commission of specific na.rc-Otics trafficking acts by tJ:ie·Target
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induding drug conspirncy·chargcs.

90. s~an:h warrants conductcp In.conjunction with intercepted conversations in the future'. will

foc;J.it:1ti:: 1imdy, pmductiY.C scn~c~1cs resulling in the seizure of evidence, nnrcotics,,and/or
hurcptics pro·cl'~.Js. U.aving -substnnce nnd context from int~rtepted conversations-will also
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8, 2p:t'J~ l sppk.c':wi'th.a clisfomer service-.represeritative fl'om.Athen.'J.-ScrYi.ces

in reghlds Lo the ttash ccil'ii:~tion ·services.f-Or 127 s. Garfield Avenue, Monterey Pl\rlc, Oiijf()riiia,:

g · )'1.PS-.bU~btt'!>~ nnd 513 ~W: ka Ip}l S'treel~ San Gabriel) Culi fornia, an address nssocia1;ed )¥i~h .YU.
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evahHt!c the po~•silri l ily of!\. ttaslq>Ull.

Atappro?(hn·ai~·Jy 8;:5Q ain• .agents·arrived a~

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Gar{jcld r\ \'l'ntlC.' and I observed a comm.unity. dumpster behind the business thnt'iS used by
rnullipl~ husi r.;:s:;;c.s.

I determined thnt.a trash pull to gather Qdditfonal information regarding

YU':> ;11:1 i•, it i.i.:~ w1..n1!d.;ykld limited r<!suH~, r hJ.s js · b~c,n~1~ . it woutd be difficult lo determine
whj~h ira.sh i.:atnc frnm Yu's. bu:;;,!ness due to the rhultipl¢·busincss!;!s that use the same d.~pster.
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ulso compromise.the on·going investigution of YU. as several peopl~

pri.~t:en: in Lit-: <lt't.: ;I. [ f ~ircmnstances change, l m?Y consider' cotid'ucting a trash search in the

folurc., btit b1.:l kw rt is too risky for little likely benefit at present.

fJJ. 011 Lhe s.illll(.'. date, nt approx-imately 9:05 ant, 1 went to 513 W. Rn'iph Street.. San Gabriel,
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b'n ~fo? .strcL·t in front

I-he passibility of a trash. pull. I oijScrv¢d one t:rash:can fuJI of trash"placed

of the r•csidencc. I ob'served 'tliat ti)C street in

fT()ril of the residence is very

nurrow a.nd ;;.::wml J>''i)p)o wcrn up early and walking arow1d near the residence. If agents had
attcmpkd Ii) p:.d I tb: lr'.,tSh •II thi:i'tinie, one of the neighbors·might have seen agetlts
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ha-.:k. to YU.

and relayed

r d~tetmin~d that the b<..'ncfit ofeonducting a· trash pull to rittemp\ to

g~iher :idtii1 itm~1I information regarding

YU's uctivities would not outweigh the risks fr.om doing

so. l wi 11c. ms id-: r cnnducl i ng a lrrujh senrch·ii1 the future, given bctt~r circumstances, even
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trash oftl:t.e·T.n'fg~t Su.bjtds" However, doing sQ creat¢s a.rjSk

tluitt.he- i 1wc~1igat iu:i wi_rt he 4isclosed tci tbe targets. Tr.ush s~rv.ic(f~ wor~:~rs ·are not fow
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g_o through ~:vettingproces.~- in1 -Whic_h µ:Bsess~eJ.)ts .ar.c· made

rcganlini.4 Lh<~i r .ihi'li1y .10 nli1i'n1aln secrecy in ongoing:crh:riin.at' i11vestiga~lQps .

There iS ev.en ~risk

ofc:mpk1yint; .h;t a:;si!; ! ;inc~· ol,non-hl\\; enforcement gc:ivemm,cnt·workers to·o.b tain information
fo1· ;1 <:111 i1iii, : ! 1.. vc~tigw i~.l 1i.

In gcnc:ral, the chru:ice.of.~iscJo~ure- qf no

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will1 :111.' gr..::i.1~.r rrnmbcr·c;i'people who .are awareofihe inycstigation. As it relates-to ihe-.trash.

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lhiiikd' l.:1 1bcir .:1bi llty 10.l.!tiJ)tllre\v~at is happ~.ilin~ .for. cxampl~ •. i;rrsi(le ;l'B"art:j~ul.ar bµsin~ss or

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~: nu,, .....:J ~d ber pc~ple.nre·pickfng.up CQi.ltr~¥>Wiq ·or ju~rdqtng t1ormal business. This

lw:::: prove·n l11 1~ -Lh!.! \'.m;e, \'\•hen \ve slopped. YU.:und did ·not'ti11d CQP!~b.and in her vehfote.
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will contlnuC. t!) consider the ti.se o.f.a: p~lg. ~~era if.a good.op;portunity

ewn mnny ri~.1Jc· cameras will not enable law e_nforc~~erWto:acbi'e~~ the ·g~als· of

thi -: 11. ···~s lig:1 t io 11. Fur e..iwmple, a pole camera will not al.low investigators.to determine the

m1111.:·'> nnd id<;nfifyini:; in !'.,rrmHion of subjects-involved in th.is organization.or. the nntlire of their
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in i.ts.'. dire.ct view and therefore .are

bui lJing, \Vhik pok l:mnQn1s- hn.ye·prove.i111s~ful Ql identifying.indi'viduals.Md p;:ittetns:, it-:is

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to Statioriury Surveillance Cnmeril!i is tomai·ned

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:mtl nl:wy impl}rtant mc1nbers. of the conspiracy)ik.ely wo'tllcho't.rn'ake,p,ersonal

npp<-=•1£w1.:t:s a1. f~\1' .;:~~ n1plYr a Ttµ"g,et S'\lbjepi?s tcsiden~. or ·~:'money <i!'op:foclltiort.:

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100. On March·6. 2013,.&Federru Pen Register:~ct·~p.and T~e,deviC¢.'otder-(CRNo,
t.3::--0071)Srr.:.l) wa..~ sigpcc:I b~' .lu~ge Jay C. Qandh'i'for:t:elepho1~e numbers 9.17-~0..:5482 (used by

Yi.Jl:. J2J-7 1J3-4749'(uscd by HYLA), ahd 626-614-~1 (t1s~d ·by~tltecurl(Clehtilied:money

~~-.' .~ouder).

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t\far~h.~. 201:3,. lhe'inStilU.ation':wns complete~ by· C~llco' ~~a; Veti2:oi:J·, T-MO.bJie.and

}lic..l1 l~A T.i;,~lt Op,.'q f'ir<~up; Subsequent to·installation, 'it ~p·~ars-ttiat an ~ phQµe'nwnbers

SC0f')f1C~i l'•'I nµ !IS\\.!. ~11 h l llll'VC

prOyidetl n·o Useful infomtaflOll. l'bi~. CXptre-0 sbqy days .from·the

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10 J. 01\ MartH.n . 20 l3~ it Fe'derat P'eh Reglster..and Tt.up nnd .Trace de:vfoe order (CR'No.

I3-0Wi'2M) '' ~is sig~11:d t1y U.S... M~gistrate Ju9gt;.-~lpti. ·Zare&icy;for"Tntget·T<etepbone·#1,

On

Mardi .:!2. 2013, the in:)l.11Llntion.-..vascompleted oyT..Mobile and·"the·DEA Tcchtiical·QJ>eraHons
Grnttp. t\g.~m:-; had S\h.'Cc:{:{ in r.ccei.ving'inco·min~ and outg_oing messaging d8:ta il:_o;n T:arget
Tdl·t1 h111w 111. T!)e expired sixty·days from the date of activation.

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Ii)} . Ou Apr ii .23,_20 IJ, ir Federal Pe1r Register nnd Trap ~nd Tr'clce.devi.~e.'.Qi:d~r. (CRNo.

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I ~ 1 1i9\.~ 1 w:i:1 ~;:, :11 d hy Judge 'Jacqueline Chooljian for Target TelephQn~#fL-O'nAptjl 24.

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20 l 3. th~ in:;t:d!~11inn w:\s c<>mple~by T-Mo~i1e and the DEA Tech. Ops Gtoup.
IOJ. 1 )11 Nov-.:mlwr 20,,2013'" a.P~n R.cg~$ter iuld Trap.nnd'Tn.Jce devfoc .ordcr was signed

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1\ntf\:k~ Coun1) Sup..:riOr Court Judge The l-Hmo~able' Henry Barela for Target

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T~·lqrli ()llC i: I. Dn Nm ..:11 d~cr 2 1,. 2013, the:insiallation was completed by T-Mobile and 1he- DEA

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4J ~t tolls

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rccnr.J:-;. \,·h1d1 !i\.'.rv.- fh (· :;M1c purpose of a pen regi.stcr and trap.and -trace devi~.

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pr,,.. ide

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nnd has pr(•vitl<.:-i id\.'.lh; I~ inj:!. ln(onnation rcgordin~ calls mad~ from ·the phone an.d

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1r ,~1 ,.:~:. lt' j . l'l.i·: lc.:hni .1ui:.

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ing. i1 ,; ·nnation regarding cnlls made t~/from a. p~1icular·telcphon~ .an,a at what
ahovc, the toll infonnation for Target Tclepho~c ##1 has been'.obtaine4

at \Vhnt

h\}wever, has onJy provided (an.d will only provide) agents with: a· list
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nf !lie· nWJ1bi:r:i called !Utd ...,~ II ·not e~tablish. lhQ identities of ;Bll the.p.¢;i:sons.ealle<For the. cpnte;nt

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9f the ctmver.mtio11:\. This js \1<µ'.tjcuh(rf¥ s~.bccnuse I know.that·dl"ug trnfficker8·aad·narco,tics

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t~ru~~c.~d.~ CO II ricrs <.>J'1~· t1 ll Ilfi :Ce

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iCh:pln •11cs they use·111·,a·11 attcmptto (Q.warl l,aw enforcement i.n~titw:tion. of their illegal

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tietiti OUS alld/Or unWi'tflng SU bscri ber iqform~~ll. On the

Eu rt her. lo 11 .in lo rmalion oaimef.identi.fy the natµrc or ·su~sc~c~...Qf c'onversations, the

6. i~l.;n \iti i:.s. vf'th~ pnrtkipHnts, O~· tJ'ieirrolesih tne conspfraey. Nor c~ this ·infti~ort:Show1he
>?· n~tu1'1'!. ·111c:tho<ls~ anti scope·of tfie":con$pit{lciet, .the locatfo.Q~; ~ed...lheJim~·o.f;tlie criminal

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fargl..!L µhom:.s usc<l hl fi.u:ilftat~ ntn;cqli<;~ 4-afficking. As a r:esun~. by the t.iin.u agerUs/discepi :the

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d wngc ce HpJ1on.~:di\ an attempt tcf hinder law eniorceme~t'-s abilit}'..t9· (c\~~jity.:and

ickn1i1y --~r ini.lh·iduals usj1}g purticulitt nufulters·(whteh iS .increciibly ~hne consuming·given the
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ut' li.cLitiou-; nnmt':i and the inability lo·.JOiow the substance and p~~iw.m~a of.the

c.\1n \·l!r~1at ic)ns). i!1,l i \·'i"h1:1 i~. h:.we often moved Qnt9 u$'in~,-0ther. pho!.)e ·nµmbers. .Acrordb:\gl)'~ for

ull ti,..- r(':1·-.1n:i :,lald r1ho·!1.:, 1"Rn regis.Jcr, trap and trace,,. nndsubscriber-' infortnl1tiorrate~ll

v111tmb lc 11 •-,·i-:"' ig<H i1'•: 11)(Jh; hut will.not by themsol-ves achieve·the overall goals of the

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II lr.. F m~ lly. ;1 fo rrnnl io11 glcnijed from·these tools only shows thaHwo.telephones

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tht·p, 1s.. i ; 11:-:illg 1hc h'kph~ll\~. Moro impdrtantly, these investigative tools qevet_s}toW1he
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will ~111ipl .' ..1.)l ,

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vah1~ 1ha1 c~m

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nt the time th~ two telephones were used .tq conµi~fQrio another.

be derived from ·these tools is limited.

The~~investigativetools

prnvidc sufficfont eyidence to satisfy the goals of.th~ investigation.

I 11 Ccrvie-sv.s, Subpocnas •.nnd Gtants··of'Jmmufritv

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iofom)atfon is alway.s subject to· a cfoim by· ihe t.arget·that li.e\vas not

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thjs confidential informant is limited in

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h> Intcr.·iews. Subpot:nns nnd Grants for Immunity arc conr.iined in the

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tu p:.,vidt: 1hm \1.,H.1IJ·:il l ow .agenls to fuJly identify. thc·aotivitle.r;·:Qfthe T)lrget;_SubJecb.and

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1·11!1t: r co-<:.,11111.pir:u~)f)i .

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ln1crviG\1lS have)•iczJ~ed:.Sotne vnJQabl~

Jnf':cfrn)ation, SUcti: ~tbe

;,1..:1 11; 1 1 ~r:{hl l1ii o f ·1 ·urgd s~1f,}j\!Qt~l .phone :.p\jiliber8,.andloi;ations· fbr·m6.n~y"drops. Law

~nf1. 1 r~~l ll'Jllt " i LL .:>t1111 ~ti\1~ tu \.VOrk~\'\)ith"ctjutidcbtiahources:artd us·e:.i.ntervie'ws t<Fobtain ilp,dated-

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~Qlllac1 jnfornHulo1r fm- T:Hiet S.u~J~c.ts:

·a.n:a additioriru money. dro.p to~tlo~,

I\\:.:. Jn.tcf"'·i..:w;.; wtch .:;ospects have Also provided iimitcd:infQrmation~as- \®'oouriers.have

' i i til11!Lc.-d ml<~ and iJ1fr.m1:1tltrn i~ comp!lrt:me1\talizcd.
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The information ntt.airled. thrpµgh'int~icws

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1lt 1.: tmtr..1fl ,\1 ~a.1 !-::.Lan.ccs: the proceeds tif be lnmlrlercd; ortheloca.tionofrecoroS:

~vet' iC I .,,~,.re abk :.1 asc1.: n:iin .the idcntitic~ ofaH ofthe:Tnrgef°SubJects·.and appro):lc)~thero,

ihe) wv11I.! likl'ly 1>111 \ iJ...: QJ1 ly

:in: t :i 01 ,._o:1q _

r.uJ~e cx~urp.otory ~~teme.ntsd

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if Lhey did, hlfg~ drug trafficking organizations like thc}>*·tbat is

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<•f ok 11 11ig 1lii: 11\<:mbcrs of the organjzation lhnt they are under investigation. Only

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L:.;w people would be unlikely. to have the global knowle<Jgo nnd

f urtlh.·r. i : .t~1 vi-.:wing people who have active roles .in n,drug trafficking organi7.atio11

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d1'.ug traffickers and ·nareotic~ money'distributors

:!, . .,i!·w. t d' ti. 1:- :n' , .., i 1g ;1 ;un arc so compmtm~ntnlizcd ('ns iJlustrated by the CSs' 'involvement)

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hayo.already seen .this·i.n tl).e ~se

w 11..· 111, Ii1 · ~d w sit d0Wi1 with a DEA.agent an~:l'lay out the: details pf f.hejr drug

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pn;, !11..:1.: SlJliicl-e11( informrtti'on to ·Mefl1ify ali .oftbe persons mVQlv'ed udhe: CO~pirncy;

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,,ri,;1<,:1 •..·i,,_·\\ s wit1i \' l .1 aml 1 ll'fO.

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r!;.11 :1 .J~ti riu 11 .il i1 1i..:rvicws of th~ TnrgtifSu'bject~ and other m~mbers ofth~ ·e11teri;rise

~t~nt.ro l k .. »11b;.;tmh:,: ... aml u l hcq>~minent infotmatfon te~ardln8.the .aforementioned·offenses.

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''''f:!:mi7.ation would have useful information. l have found that th~'8e
li ki.:1y t l) Hp off the

targets·of the investigation. I hnve also tbund that

ii I 11'-:twlly Lie to pro.tect thcmselvcs ·nnd ~he targets oftbc investisulion.

1·1;..:.11 l:u . Ji! _i;. 1 1~ be 1hc case during the early stages ofnn iriv~tig~tiqn· wheJl ilQ.one

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inttllity h•~ yet been conducted by a J~dcralgrandjury in relation to

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:;enitw Lil .\ n ~.~·at· 1.>:1..:(.·d tijt~ll1 infqn_naHon )lro.v.id~ by·AssisttmtU!lifed States Att~meyg"wlm

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have cx p~'r~~ncc 1u<.1;;i.:i:;wi 11g ~dpla'tiQ1~fofoiitninal law and"the -sp.ecifa~ crimes set:._f~t;lh iii <tftls

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«ff'klat:i~. ~a1i>poei,ali 1;:'. pc-rsq11s believed to b.e involved itHhis-.collS{lirac,rortbek.kriown

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llased-On-my expetfonce., and. conversaii¢rls wilh

gi:utd jµry would .nol be .completely suc~s{U1 in .achieving_fhestated

~nal'> .>f th;·: i1w 61 i";' :fl·) lf :my of the _
principalSof this conspiracy-. their. co~_onspi~ors,
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ollh·r .. ,,, i:.: ip;.mts were called :t.o testify before tht}_g.nµld jury or asked to provide

.Id 1 • 1(·~~~1 likoly ~ntro.ke- th~Jr Fifth Amendment privilege to not testify,.. It

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ror those pel'SoJ).S b~au~ the:granting 9f:sl!th

would pr.ovidctruth't\ll testiniony.

i : .l. \ duhi, .,·,~1 l;, "~ : 11ts hnvc i1ot yel icJentific9 any

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indfviduals, other thrul the CSs,

I wh. >:•~: ilmimtillll'> I>;,\.· ken d.:1ailcd, \\•ho nrc considered likely to. provide iofonnatiori about the
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Such individuals wilt eventually be identified, p~rtl°cularly. through

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bul it would lJedel.rimental to attempt to subpoena or

11.1 . ·-,~nbe t1f the irwestigation. 'fh~· service pf grand jury subpoena$ on the

. ,,: .1i1..· d•i 1 ~pi 1 :1...::1 •• r lhe1r co·conspimtprs, ot·req.uestiilg thanhey submit:.tq interviews

by h11\ .~; i1 .;1, ~mi.:nt ng~1 .::;...••.-1ultl only alert them to the-exj~t~n~· oflhifinvestigption,.(:ausin_g

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in thcir activities, lo flee to avoid further investigation or

,·n ·ht..: •; .•.cty of confidential sources or informants or undercover agents, or

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l1l' 11 v:st igation.

th\:.'l':.1·p·1 :,a hjl'l' t ,_r: .!i ~ i rn.»socintes~

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Moreover, a grand j ury investigation, orintcrviews of

would nofbe successful in expoSing the fUJI naturennd

,1.., ..:rim; ., .. 1 ;1t·1 ,, ::y. or the icientitiesQfaH the.participants. 1t is .reasonable to e?Cpect

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thµ t .11:;; I'' '·' .cnl ..- ,dt: .· . . .1,· h as drugs, records) or drug p'(occcds, w.ould b~· destroyed·or

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:;r:md jury or Jaw enforcement agents- were seeking information.

,\dd i11.i ,, :\ :· , !11.,,·, -1cn1i ii 1. , violence nssocioted with drug traffickers also acts as (\·significant
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.deterrc11! •, • curin:: no•

tcsgmony, but tro~ltful testimonyJrom llny potelltial ·~djw:y

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ii1terv'iews wt:~IJ Id. i1~,1 ~ di'l:'d lve. Lfw~ \VC!'.e· t.Q·int~t:Yiew a me1~ber o{tl;lo A;s~~,m,9µer. coµri'c.r

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spca ~ Ill :i:p .... ~s. (11; .-~1 '", .f rewliution against Uic:mseive.~".ortheirfamilies. Jn lh!;> inv.cstig~tion..

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thc .T :11').'..L 1 '1u bjctt:. ~r<' i111-'. \!d by personnl rela~onships as.opposed tQ m~ly being linked,by

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vrofc.s : . : .. u , dati<.;d1ir•.. , J'hl:1 l~fld.$'nlC t<> ~i.cv~· that:..t11cy . are· l\TiHke.ly to dioolose nny

.lfimu!qiai.Jnn~:tii@tion

I 14. 1\~...:111 :.> .ire l'tll n ..·111Ty coordinating \\rith DEA Financiul Analysts, who are atten:ipti.ilg

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Subpoenas: to Bnnkof America,.Citi,b.ank, Bast' West B'a;tk ond Wells

1,, r~.IJ .;.:st Ii,,," 1t· i ; ii t·e~ords for ¥0:1 JE'LlSON TR,:AD'(3, an\leth~r.·associates of.theffarge~

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i111.n ,:1.1tion 'relafed to LAY, YU, NGUYEN. JER.SON TRAD.E, KS

.JEWlt l.:,RY -.. Tc J 10~ 11111 1 1'~\ >OC OICH JEWELRY. While these·reports were help:fui,:they do
n. ·1 .ill. o<\' : 1.•. ' •• h ;• • ,md .. 1 ·.1:1a d tile details of the activities.. Investigators have been unable tp fully

.d..-1 .1i t r ::· . :·, used , .,. , ' , - .1~:i.1 l)y the Tiarget Subj~'i:l'S, particularly·given the fllcl that. many of
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their inter.est and ·controrhttl1o~e:assets.

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invcsti g.... - 1 i..: fo,.,J,..: 1;ll .1.1ldi.1gs ofl.,AY, YU, NGUYEN, JERSON TRADE. KS JEWELRY

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and other co"consphntora during. this irivcstig·ntib11;

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invcslie'.:11J •1· kad . . will 1·, 1:!f 1111c tu be pursued for evidentiary VHluc - for example, c.~sh deposits
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int¢rt;ept k'n - but to date agents.have founµ limited ~enellt fr<>m said information.

·hteilijfiqd._.As the i11.Ves1fo,;,11i,}l1 prog~ses.. l lu.1-Ye contip.u~. to)~_enufy adq$,'Onsl people

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c> • ·Lnt•se 1t,•v, ,·1·urii;rs 111fry !1avc hnnk accQ.:u11t:S ·linke~ t'OJhe· acdvit~;.. in·whiclt v.re ..hav~ noi:yet

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.unldt-111 i1k d CO·COl\•:.pfr;1111rs· have l>een'-Obsetv¢d drQpping off·in(&~~ainount:S-Of ctiri~nb~·:· 1"be

9. :.CM.h nn ttr"o,or lh1.;~:. · tra1 ~·::rc1:011s has. mpant thatJnw eoforcetnenfh~s had limited-su·ccess·in
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h" inl~rc~pting .c~Us where specific banking infonnation.. siicli as

..1-:.cou11 \"C.md rm 11i1 t~: oun, bl.!n·. names OJ~accoun~ and alsq those:re~po11Sible for dcpos1ting illegal

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y, $lu.::h as·suppJiers, customers, stash houses, and methods of

•.i11ce drngJrafCiekin~ is often conduotect:in cash and traL'fickc.rs·make

:in.a11dul Lr'JJ.lsn~ tions:.nnd any connectfon to ilie'clnig troflicl<lng.

l I fi, A • inl.tiLio.~1.d ·1· :rr•get Subjccts:and·. tbeir ussociutes ..as~e ·iden.tificd. I will co~id¢r the

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,,. iH' this invcst~gation, agen.ts have._ used 1)'.lQl.tiple'publkdatn~ascs.to

.!1,.1 c!,• , _-'· 1lp i 11 :~ 1 • 11. . . . 11. rq~ard ing th<: Target Subjects and othtr co-<:Qrispirators'involved in

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n: public databases has been usef\11 in._p.roviding ~gents· \Vith

; !11~~ :1·,· T:1 :·ge l Subjects to include: occµpants of residences. utiliiy subscn'ber

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mcdiu wcbsitei;, l was able to find Fncebook accounts for TING

11-.,·i r; accbook profiles, I was able to link TINO and LlN n:s w~U as other

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i n:·;r;illt:d . ~ GPS tracking device. Using:~· COmbi'nation of GPS-data.gathered

1·1rn11 ml~11.,,.:-;:;1.: ·: : ri.:: , · ~~·1 1 1 .i l:y :he Cllt\l.LENGER and comparing LIN's Fncebooldricnds. I was

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these photos were use.fol ih oJloWingagents tQ a.c~s to

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of the targe.t.

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:is the utilities subscribers for 513 W. RnJph Street

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.!..:pth details ubout the nnrcotics proceeds remittance nccivitics or

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from public records, 1 expect to continue to use public

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to update infom1ation on cx.isting targets such

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inkrccr)lfon of TargctT·efophone#l WJJl help investigators gain

l'n 1~et '\u hjccts and uny other·co.·c.onspirators. Accordingly, interception
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step lo folly 'accompUsll the goals ofthis.lnvestigatfon.

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support of an J\pplication to in·tercept wir.e and clcc.tronic
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(thirty') dnys commoncingon the day of the

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allPw agents ll\ satisfy the goi\Js.of the invc:sti.gation.

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t•' hd:l·v.· addi,iltJHll l·on11nut1icu1ions of the same lypc will occur until persons
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... ._, , th~ t'ull s1.:ope, mcmbe'l'.ship and methods of operation of the

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c: ,-. itics i11 which they are engaged in furtherance of the enterprise, or

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post in Los Angeles County.

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•. J11t1nuing crimirml enterprise and that the evidence so.ugbt will be

011 :1 ,.•.nt\nu ' •!: 1:1 m: foll owing lhc first rec~ipt of the particular communications tlmt

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'"ill be held for aJlmonitori,ug:agents, wbereln.the:

r~q1 1ircm(· nh· -<1 f 111i 11 i:mi ~·. 1 · ·. >1\ •tt:t ~ul hy ·1he supervtsing ca·se-agent~ill bcfgiv~

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1I11:! <. 'r· l\IT Order hllda minimization memo rand Um will be posted·~ ~e

Ju11,'ning ·~i1~: rJ,ofC.irc f\11 a~·:tll or monl.tor-beguhHo hiterocptco1nmuniC11thms.•. ~ei~Jie \Vtl.t"~igl) a

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officers, und monitors wbo ar~· nuthprized to.co1id,Oct the

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be recorded, rind all f000rding8·will be.

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rrohable cause to believe.that the Target Subjcct'(s) ·have

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conspiracy to distribute na[cotfos· b~ delivcdpg;ruµ-coties

pron:(·d~. Bm~<:I I <'!It 1n~1 I 1>t1\'l:lc'd~1t.) of this itivestigntion. the 'tatget SuBjectfs}and oiliet members

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PROOF OF SERVICE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO:
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I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, over the age of eighteen and not a party to this
action. My business address is One Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, California 90017.
On August 14, 2015, I served the foregoing document described as Defendant Koan You Lay's
Motion to Suppress, etc., on the interested parties in this action as follows:

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Deputy District Attorney Mallory Miller
316 N. Mountain View
San Bernardino, CA 92415
[By causing hand delivery]
Law Firm of Jonas & Driscoll
1108 Sartori Avenue, Suite 320
Torrance, CA 90501
[By FedEx]
Steven Graff Levine
1112 Montana Avenue, Suite 309
Santa Monica, CA 90403
[By FedEx]
John-Paul Serrao
9227 Haven Avenue, Suite 320
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
[By FedEx]
Lee Sonnenberg
Deputy Public Defender
8303 Haven Avenue, 3rd Floor
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
[By FedEx]

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This Proof of Service is executed on August 14, 2015, at Los Angeles, California. I declare
under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct.

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Michael H. Artan

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PROOF OF SERVICE FOR MOTION TO SUPPRESS WIRETAP EVI DENCE