| | Hsu pleaded no contest to [[felony]] count of grand theft in 1991 and failed to appear in court for the sentencing. A warrant was issued in 1992 and orders were for a $2 million bail for Hsu if he were arrested<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295031,00.html</ref>. Hsu was found to have collected about $1 million from investors by falsely claiming he had a contract to import latex gloves<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RB03200&show_article=1</ref>. | | Hsu pleaded no contest to [[felony]] count of grand theft in 1991 and failed to appear in court for the sentencing. A warrant was issued in 1992 and orders were for a $2 million bail for Hsu if he were arrested<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295031,00.html</ref>. Hsu was found to have collected about $1 million from investors by falsely claiming he had a contract to import latex gloves<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RB03200&show_article=1</ref>. |
| − | Ronald Smetana, a [[California]] deputy attorney general who prosecuted the case, believes that the [[Hong Kong]] native has fled the [[United States]], and said in August 2007, "We would obviously like Mr. Hsu to return and face justice."<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RB03200&show_article=1</ref> Hsu had turned himself in on Friday August 31st to authorities in California<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/08/31/fugitive-fundraiser-turns-himself-in/</ref> but failed to appear for his bail reduction hearing on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007, leading many to speculate that he left the country again to take refuge in refuge in China or Hong Kong.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295828,00.html</ref> The disappearance led to much controversy because officials failed twice to carry out to apprehend Hsu's passport the Monday before the hearing. <ref>http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/12255</ref> | + | Ronald Smetana, a [[California]] deputy attorney general who prosecuted the case, believed that the [[Hong Kong]] native has fled the [[United States]], and said in August 2007, "We would obviously like Mr. Hsu to return and face justice."<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RB03200&show_article=1</ref> Hsu had turned himself in on Friday August 31st to authorities in California<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/08/31/fugitive-fundraiser-turns-himself-in/</ref> but failed to appear for his bail reduction hearing on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007, leading many to speculate that he left the country again to take refuge in refuge in China or Hong Kong.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295828,00.html</ref> The disappearance led to much controversy because officials failed twice to carry out to apprehend Hsu's passport the Monday before the hearing. <ref>http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/12255</ref> |
| | Two days after Hsu had failed to appear before the scheduled hearing, the [[FBI]] apprehended him at about 7:00 p.m. MDT in [[Grand Junction]], [[Colorado]], after taking ill aboard an [[Amtrak]] train and checking in to a local hospital.<ref>http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/09/07/090707_1a_Hsu_arrest.html</ref><ref>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070907/D8RGFO302.html</reF> | | Two days after Hsu had failed to appear before the scheduled hearing, the [[FBI]] apprehended him at about 7:00 p.m. MDT in [[Grand Junction]], [[Colorado]], after taking ill aboard an [[Amtrak]] train and checking in to a local hospital.<ref>http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/09/07/090707_1a_Hsu_arrest.html</ref><ref>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070907/D8RGFO302.html</reF> |