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Litigation

Feb. 11, 2016

Irvine attorney sentenced to 21 months in federal prison in birth tourism scandal

Irvine-based attorney Ken Zhiyi Liang was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Monday for trying to help a material witness escape to China during an ongoing birth tourism investigation.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

An Irvine-based attorney was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in federal prison for trying to help a material witness escape to China during an ongoing birth tourism investigation.

Federal prosecutors convicted Ken Zhiyi Liang on three counts of obstruction of justice in September following an investigation into "birthing houses" in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernar...

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