Siskiyou Daily News
Despite his defense attorney alleging that racial bias may be in play, Siskiyou County Superior Court Judge Karen Dixon increased Hmong businessman Mouyang Lee s bail from $2 million to $3 million at a bail hearing last week. She cited concerns that Lee was playing a shell game to launder the money he was intending to use for bail, and said she s concerned that he could be a flight risk since he has family in Thailand.
Lee was arrested Oct. 7, 2020 on money laundering charges connected to illegal cannabis grows on parcels in the Mt. Shasta Vista area in central Siskiyou County. He s also charged with tax evasion, conspiracy, and transportation or sale of marijuana, according to court records.