Feds say Chinese brothers ran sushi slavery ring in Arizona that forced illegal aliens to work 7 day

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Feds say Chinese brothers ran sushi slavery ring in Arizona that forced illegal aliens to work 7 days a week
 

Harris Rigby

Dec 28, 2025

Who had "sushi slavery ring" on their 2025 Bingo card?


In this case out of Arizona, workers were allegedly brought into the States to work daily shifts at a local sushi chain.

From AZ Family:

The owner and two managers of an Arizona sushi chain have been arrested on federal charges of harboring illegal immigrants and operating what investigators describe as a human trafficking operation across the East Valley.

Court documents allege Yung Lau, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from China, along with two managers, including his brother, kept dozens of undocumented immigrants in four "stash houses" and forced them to work at restaurants seven days a week with no days off. The restaurants involved were Sakura Sushi in Gilbert, Mesa, and Phoenix and Akita Sushi in Scottsdale.

Federal agents raided the four restaurants and four houses last week, ending an operation that neighbors said was reported to local police as early as 2023.

Here's a local news report:

https://notthebee.com/article/japanese-restaurant-owner-and-managers-arrested-on-federal-charges-of-human-trafficking-allegedly-keeping-stash-houses-for-illegal-alien-labor-forced-to-work-7-days-a-week/

[Fishrrman]

A 'way long time ago -- 1991 -- I used to be "the emergency man" for the railroad at Penn Station, so I spent about 8 hours a day there in the crew room, waiting for a call (usually nothing happened).

I used to get dinner several times a week from a Chinese restaurant just across 31st street on 8th Avenue -- "Charlie Mom". Have to admit, the food was pretty good from there (I liked something called "chicken and walnuts").

But after they closed, the other places weren't nearly as good.

Haven't gotten Chinese take-out in years.
No desire to.
Probably will never do it again...