Feds detail charges following raid off San Jose Boulevard

Jacksonville, FL — WOKV is learning more about the arrests that were made as a result of a raid by federal authorities at a home off San Jose Boulevard near Epping Forest and the Bolles School on Thursday.

According to a criminal complaint filed in US District Court, Fan Yang, his wife Yang Yang, and GE Songtao are charged with multiple counts in a conspiracy surrounding the sale of firearms by an alien under a non-immigrant visa.

Fan Yang is actively serving in the Navy in a sensitive anti-submarine warfare unit, according to the complaint.  He is stationed at NAS Jacksonville.  His wife and the third individual were named as members of a years-long conspiracy.

Federal investigators say that a company called BQ Tree LLC was incorporated in May of 2015 with an address listed in Fleming Island, then changed to a Jacksonville address.  The complaint says that from November 2016 to August 2019, BQ Tree LLC and Yang Yang received more than $200,000 in direct wire transfers from a corporate entity connected to Songtao.

An updated criminal complaint filed on October 16th named a fourth suspect, Zheng Yan, a/k/a “the Mistress”.