A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday sentenced Fudong Wu to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release for maintaining a drug-involved premises, according to the local U.S. Attorney’s office. Wu, who was born in China but had been legally living as a permanent resident of the U.S., pleaded guilty to the charges against him in December 2019.
Prosecutors said Wu and his wife, Hanli Yang, were growing more than 1,100 marijuana plants in their east Aurora home, dwarfing the legal limit of 12 plants per residence. After executing a search warrant on Wu’s home on Oct. 10, 2018, Federal authorities later seized more than $72,000 in cash and marijuana grow notes at a nearby storage unit under his name.
Officials were first tipped off to Wu’s gargantuan operation after investigators discovered that his home at 23641 E. Whitaker Dr. was using an outsized amount of electricity, according to federal court documents. The couple had been living in their home, which they bought in March 2018, with two children.
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