MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Three Montgomery County men are charged with illegal possession and sales of more than a dozen ghost guns.
In May, federal officials intercepted parts to make suppressors or silencers that were shipped from China to the Hatfield home of 32-year-old Tony Ho.
Ho cannot legally own or buy a gun because of previous criminal convictions, and he does not have a federal license to sell firearms.
Investigators say when they searched Ho’s home on Roosevelt Avenue in Hatfield, they found a workshop with tools needed to privately manufacture guns, along with ghost gun kits, AR-15 parts, weapon-mounted lights, a 3D printer and ammunition.
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After the search, Ho’s co-defendant Rithga Ngoy, turned in 15 guns that he allegedly hid for Ho.
Investigators found text messages between Ho, Ngoy, and a third co-defendant, Michael Nguyen, that they say show the three orchestrating illegal sales and purchases.
Ho used social media to advertise the sales, including videos of himself firing AR-15-style weapons with silencers in his backyard, according to a criminal complaint.
Also called privately made firearms, ghost guns can be bought without a background check at gun shows or online, often as kits to be assembled at home. Because ghost guns have no serial number and are not traceable, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says, they may never know how many guns Ho sold.
The three men are facing several charges including corrupt organizations, illegal firearms sales, and illegal possession of a firearm.
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