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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

CHUEN FAT YIP

NAME: Chuen Fat Yip (Hong Kong name) 

Chuen Yip

ALIASES: Chuan Fa Ye (PRC name)
DOB: August 3, 1953
POB:  Wuhan City, Hubei Province, PRC
NATIONALITY: Chinese

CITIZENSHIP: Chinese
HEIGHT: Unknown
WEIGHT: 160 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown
SCARS, TATTOOS, OR MARKS: Unknown

 

Chuen Fat Yip is the owner, Chief Executive Order, and Chairman of the Yuancheng Group (YCG) in China.  Yip is allegedly one of the most prolific suppliers of anabolic steroids in the world.  According to Yip’s indictment, over a five-year period, Yip and his co-defendants were responsible for producing and distributing approximately $280 million in illegal anabolic steroids to customers in all 50 States, as well as 84 other countries. The U.S. sales alone accounted for about $55 million in steroid purchases.  DEA investigations also revealed Chuen Fat Yip selling illicit synthetic opioids, like U-47700, and fentanyl precursor chemicals, like 4-ANPP, between 2015 and 2018, to customers in the United States. 

The indictment states in December 2017, a single customer ordered approximately 25 kilograms of 4-ANPP from Yip’s companies.  The parties agreed that the fentanyl precursor would be shipped to a location in the United States.  The customer intended for the fentanyl precursor to then be smuggled into Mexico, where it would be combined with other chemicals to produce fentanyl.  The fentanyl would then be smuggled into the United States for distribution to end-users.

Chuen Fat Yip was charged in a federal indictment filed on September 26, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.  The indictment charges Yip with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance (anabolic steroids), one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance (4-ANPP), one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance (anabolic steroids), one count of manufacturing and distributing a controlled substance knowing that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States (anabolic steroids), and one count of manufacturing and distributing a controlled substance knowing that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States (4-ANPP).

The U.S. Department of State is offering a REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Chuen Fat Yip, a/k/a “Chuan Fa Ye.”  

If you have information, please contact the DEA at +1-972-591-1326 via text/WhatsApp/Telegram/ Signal, or by email at ChuenFatYipTIPS@dea.gov.  If you are located outside of the United States, please contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. If in the United States, please contact the local Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in your city.

ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. 

Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards.

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