NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Four men were indicted in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday for the 2019 murder-for-hire plot that killed a Queens man — allegedly directed by the victim's former boss.
Qing Ming Yu, also known as "Allen Yu," Antony Abreu, also known as "Anthony," You You, also known as "Eddie," and Zhe Zhang, also known as "Zack," are each charged in connection with the murder of Xin Gu, 31, outside a Queens karaoke bar on Feb. 12, 2019, the Justice Department announced.
According to court filings, Xin Gu worked for Qing Ming Yu's property development company in Manhattan from 2015 to 2018. Xin Gu felt concerned about the company's financial stability after several years. Eventually, Xin Gu quit and started his own real estate development company.
After Xin Gu’s departure, several clients and employees also cut ties with Qing Ming Yu’s company, which then closed at the end of 2018. Enraged at Xin Gu’s perceived disloyalty, Qing Ming Yu allegedly hired his nephew You You to kill Xin Gu in exchange for payment. You You in turn, allegedly hired Zhang and Antony Abreu to assist in carrying out the murder.
On the evening of Feb. 11, 2019, and into the next morning, Xin Gu's new company staged a Lunar New Year celebration at a karaoke club in Queens.
The defendants learned of Xin Gu's party and intended to kill him that night, with You You acting as a lookout, Zhe Zhang serving as the getaway driver and Abreu shooting Xin Gu multiple times, killing him.
Qing Ming Yu and You You were arrested on Tuesday in New York, while Zhe Zhang was arrested in California. Antony Abreu is already in federal custody serving a sentence in an unrelated matter and will be transferred to the Eastern District of New York at a later date.
Each faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison or the death penalty, according to the department.
"As alleged, the defendants callously used gun violence to resolve a business dispute, reducing the value of a man’s life to a dollar figure, and bringing trauma and mourning to the community," said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace.
He added, "Prosecuting killers will always be a top priority for this office—whether the defendant pulls the trigger, or pays someone else to do his dirty work for him."
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