Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow Charged with Murder

Oct. 16, 2015

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the former don of the Chinese Mafia, has been back in jail for the past 19 months awaiting trial on racketeering charges. Yesterday, he was charged with murder.

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Madeleine Brand

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