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FBI offers $30,000 reward for information leading to arrest of fugitive Boston Chinatown’s Triad hitman
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2021-01-13T13:54:41.000Z
2021-01-13T13:54:41.000Z
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<p>Authorities are stepping up their hunt for Hung Tien Pham, a hitman of Boston Chinatown’s Ping On <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/triads-overview" target="_blank">Triad</a>, who is wanted for the brutal execution-style murders of five men at a Chinatown social club in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Boston" target="_blank">Boston</a>, Massachusetts, 30 years ago this week.</p>
<p>Pham (photo above) was known as a major associate of Asian organized crime at the time of his becoming a fugitive. If he is still alive, he would be 60 years old. He was born in Mong Cai, Quang Ningh Province, North Vietnam. He is a Vietnamese national of Chinese descent and is fluent in Vietnamese, Chinese, and English. At the time of the murders, he was a legal, permanent resident of the United States.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Boston’s Chinatown massacre</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237155897,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237155897?profile=original" /></a>In the early morning hours of January 12, 1991, Hung Tien Pham (right) entered an illegal gambling den located at 85A Tyler Street in Boston, Massachusetts, and allegedly shot six men, execution-style, while they were playing cards. Of the six victims, only one survived the attack, and he subsequently identified Pham, along with Nam The Tham and Siny Van Tran, as the shooters. Six days later, on January 18, 1991, a warrant was issued for Pham’s arrest following his indictment by a grand jury in Suffolk County Superior Court on five counts of murder, one count of armed assault with intent to murder, one count of conspiracy, and one count of carrying a firearm without a license.</p>
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<li><strong>READ:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-deadly-battle-for-control-over-new-york-s-chinatown" target="_blank"><strong>The deadly battle for control over New York’s Chinatown</strong></a></li>
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<p>Following the massacre, it is alleged that Pham left his two children and their mother and drove to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to gamble and then to New York, New York, where he boarded a flight for Hong Kong on February 1, 1991. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Pham on February 15, 1991, by a United States magistrate judge in the District of Massachusetts, charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for the crime of murder.</p>
<p>In addition to the quintuple homicide, Pham is also wanted by the Boston Police Department for another murder that occurred on January 8, 1991, four days before the massacre.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>International manhunt</strong></span></p>
<p>After a decade-long international manhunt, Tham and Tran were arrested in China and, following extensive diplomatic negotiations, returned to the United States in 2001. In 2005, Tham and Tran were convicted of murder in Suffolk County Superior Court and are currently serving five consecutive life sentences. Pham remains a fugitive and his last known location was Bangkok, Thailand, in the mid- to late-1990s.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: Asia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord - Profile of</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/asia-s-most-wanted-drug-lord-profile-of-triad-boss-tse-chi-lop-ni" target="_blank"><strong>Triad boss Tse Chi Lop, nicknamed “Brother Number Three”</strong></a></li>
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<p>Investigators have determined that in the 1980s and early 1990s, Pham was a major associate of Asian organized crime, specifically the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/triads-overview" target="_blank">Ping On crime syndicate</a>, operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Toronto, Canada. He also has family in the San Francisco Bay area of California, South Korea, and North Vietnam, giving him various locations to find a hiding place or shelter.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a> is offering a reward of up to $30,000 to anyone who can provide information leading to Pham’s capture and conviction. He should be considered armed and dangerous and an international flight risk. Pham has held a variety of jobs, including but not limited to, a cook, waiter, bicycle repairman, and floor sander. He was also known to be a big spender who liked flashy cars and cognac.</p>
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<p>The public is being asked to review Pham’s wanted poster which includes new photographs, including an age-progressed photo of him at 60 years old. An international publicity campaign launched this week includes the launch of a webpage on fbi.gov; social media outreach on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube; and targeted publicity in the cities to which Pham has been tied. The public can play an active role in helping law enforcement find the subject by sharing links to the website and official social media content.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-chinese-godfather-profile-of-chinese-italian-crime-boss-zhang" target="_blank">The Chinese Godfather</a> - Profile of Chinese-Italian crime boss Zhang “Il Uomo Nero” Naizhong</strong></li>
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<p>“As alleged, this cold-blooded killer has been on the run for 30 years, and we’re hoping this reward will incentivize anyone with information on Pham’s whereabouts to come forward so we can we bring him to justice for his role in one of the bloodiest massacres in Boston’s history,” said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Division. “The six victims and their families who suffered so much deserve nothing less, and we will not rest until Pham has been held accountable for these horrific crimes.”</p>
<p>“For those of us who were in the Boston area 30 years ago, the massacre is something that cannot be forgotten. Five families lost their loved ones that night, the one surviving victim’s life was changed forever, and an entire neighborhood was traumatized. Boston remembers these lives that were brutally taken. It took years to find Pham’s co-defendants, and we will not rest until Pham is brought to justice and held accountable. There is no statute of limitations on murder. We will not stop looking until we find him,’’ said Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Call the Feds</strong></span></p>
<p>The FBI is offering a monetary reward of up to $30,000 for information leading to the location, arrest, and prosecution of this individual. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts should take no action themselves but should immediately call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), their local law enforcement agency, or their nearest American embassy or consulate. Tips can also be submitted at tips.fbi.gov.</p>
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Fugitive Russian mobster caught in Pattaya, Thailand
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2016-03-26T12:05:12.000Z
2016-03-26T12:05:12.000Z
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<p>Vladislav Yudichev (photo above) thought he was safe from the long reach of law enforcement when he settled in the coastal city of Pattaya in Thailand, but he underestimated Interpol, the organization that was looking for the gangster for his alleged acts of fraud and corruption.</p>
<p>Last week, the Chonburi Immigration Office deported 44-year-old Yudichev after the Russian embassy in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/russian-mob-boss-arrested-in-thailand">Bangkok</a> informed the Jomtien Beach immigration office that it had revoked the passport of the wanted fugitive and asked for their help in locating and repatriating him.</p>
<p>Immigration police contacted Yudichev and lured him to their office by telling the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/russian-mafia-overview">mobster</a> that his visa had changed and that he needed to sign some documents. Upon arrival he was placed in handcuffs and arrested.</p>
<p>He now faces fraud and corruption charges back in his home country of Russia. Yudichev denies having committed any crimes, but did say he was in debt about a million baht and recently sold property in Russia for sixty times that amount. Flush with cash, he doesn’t understand what the charges are related to.</p>
<p>Maybe authorities in Russia can explain it to him.</p>
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Russian mob boss arrested in Thailand
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2014-06-26T10:30:00.000Z
2014-06-26T10:30:00.000Z
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<p>Russian mob boss Alexander Matusov (52) was arrested in Thailand this week on charges that he led a violent gang that committed over 60 murders in Moscow and St. Petersburg. He had been a fugitive since 2009. His arrest is another sign that life as a fugitive in Thailand isn’t what it used to be.</p>
<p>Matusov was caught in front of a supermarket in Chon Buri province’s seaside town of Sattahip (below) where he was just another foreign face enjoying the warm climate and laid back atmosphere Thailand offers its visitors.</p>
<p><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/gangstersinc-20" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237030680,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237030680?profile=original" width="585" /></a>If you are a criminal on the run from the law Thailand is the place to be. It’s where people come to get lost. Forgotten. But Thai authorities have had enough of its shady tourists and a number of high profile arrests underscore their intent to clean up the streets. Notorious arms smuggler <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/viktor-bout-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison">Viktor Bout</a> knows this all too well.</p>
<p>At a press conference Pol General Wuthi Liptapallop, the chief adviser to the Royal Thai Police, said that Matusov was the leader of the Chelkovo gang, also known as the Shchyolkovo organized crime group. It’s name reportedly means Desert Bandit gang. They allegedly “[have] more than 100 members” and committed crimes ranging from extortion and contract killings to torture and kidnappings.</p>
<p>Matusov and his gang were active from 1995 to 2009 in Moscow, Tula, St. Petersburg, and Leningrad. In 1996, Chelkovo members killed four rival gangsters. In 2009, police found the bodies of 15 of the gang’s victims in forests near Moscow. Matusov was put on the wanted list that same year, when police brought three murder charges against members of his crime group.</p>
<p>He will be extradited to Russia to face these charges. If convicted, Matusov will face up to 15 years in prison.</p>
<p>Thai police acted on request by and in cooperation with the Russian embassy in Thailand. Alexey Falunin, the embassy’s vice-consult, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28019509" target="_blank">said</a> the Chelkovo gang was “one of the most dangerous criminal gangs” <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/russian-mafia-overview">operating in Russia</a> at the time. “The gang was responsible for about 60 murders” Falunin told reporters.</p>
<p>Matusov had first arrived in Thailand on September 5, 2009, and later left for Cambodia. Using false passports he was able to move around the area largely unnoticed. He had been living in Thailand on a retirement visa, which, according to Wuthi Liptapallop, had cast light on other foreigners living in Thailand on retirement visas.</p>
<p>The days of being forgotten in Thailand seem to have come to an end.</p>
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