After federal investigators used search warrants to search more than two dozen properties, including many homes in southern Montgomery County, the I-Team began following the document trail.
I-Team reporter John Bedell checked property records for at least eight homes that federal agents searched Friday.
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Property records show that three of the eight homes, two in Miami Township and one in Dayton, are owned by Guo Qiang Lin or a company he owns.
Other public records the I-Team reviewed show that Lin’s company is registered with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office at an address on Watoga Drive in Liberty Township.
It is a 50-minute drive to the neighborhood south of Dayton in Butler County.
Public records show the home on Cantata Court in Miami Township that officers searched Friday is owned by Yi Mei Lin, who lives two doors down from Guo in Liberty Township.
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In Butler County, federal investigators have searched at least four homes.
The coordinated raids in two counties in the Miami Valley are part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation as federal investigators search for evidence in what they call a case of financial crime and labor exploitation.
News Center 7 has reviewed U.S. District Court records in Dayton for any records related to this investigation, including search warrants issued by Homeland Security.
As of Friday evening, nothing had been made public, meaning documents may be sealed.
We will continue to follow this story.
