A 33 -year -old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison because of his role in a family -run -running converter that brought more than $ 38 million.
in press release From the US Public Prosecutor’s Office, prosecutors said that the 33 -year -old Tu Sue Fang, a resident of Sacramento, along with his brother Andrew Fang and his mother Monica Moe, bought the stolen Al -Hafaza transformers and transported them via the state lines to a buyer in New Jersey.
The statement pointed out that “the stealing of the motivator has become prevalent throughout the country because of its value and ease of relative theft and its lack of signs. “The thieves steal the incentive transformers from the vehicles on the street for the precious minerals they contain.”
In some cases, precious metals within the parts are more valuable for each ounce of gold, as the general prosecutors added, and the average black market for some of California transformers from California can be more than $ 1,000 each.
The theft ring was ranked primarily from the family residence, as well as the storage units.
Officials said that inside the car were six stolen bitchy transformers, a stolen license board and robbery. The same car was also found stolen. (Wadi Al -Nafoura Police Department) 
Representatives seized 20 rustling transformers from inside a car they pulled to stop routine traffic in the Vista Island area in Santa Barbara, California. January 17, 2023 (Santa Barbara County Office) 
Two suspects were arrested after the officers found six stolen vehicles and more than 100 stolen bishops inside their house, Victorville, on November 13, 2023 (San Bernardino County Department)) 
In this unknown image presented by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Utah, the incentive transformers are shown after seizing them in a modern investigation. (Public Prosecutor Office in Utah via AP) 
On June 8, 2022, the San Bernardino County Administration released this image of the seized fossil transformers (SBCSD) 
The bottom side of Toyota Prius with a Getty Images adapter The new brand fossil transformers seen in the image of the non -dated file.
The weight of some charges to DG Auto in the case of the garden is up to 1000 pounds and includes a specific type of high -value catalyst, such as those in Toyota Prius.
DG Auto, according to reports from the Los Angeles Times, turned the parts and sold parts into a metal refinery with more than $ 100 million.
The Ministry of Justice said that Tu Fang used revenue from illegal works to finance its lifestyle, which included a multi -home complex of $ 1.23 million on five acres in Rio Linda. As part of his penalty, the US government seized $ 150,000 in cash, 13 vehicles, four personal water vehicles, jewelry, real estate and other property.
In 2023, Tu Fang, his brother and mother, admitted that he was guilty of conspiracy accusations regarding the theft ring.
“This removal is the first of its kind in the nation and a major step forward in the dismantling of the motivated transformer theft,” said SID Patel official from the FBI field. “The group is associated with an estimated $ 38 million of losses, and this investigation indicates the power of strong cooperation.”