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Government’s Witness List — No. 1:23-cr-00219 (Dkt. 142, E.D. Cal.)

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The Government's Witness List, Document 142, filed April 10, 2026 in United States v. Jia Bei Zhu, also known as Jesse Zhu, Qiang He and David He, Case No. 1:23-CR-00219-DAD-EPG, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The three-page list carries the date April 21, 2026 and the time 8:30 a.m. before Hon. Dale A. Drozd, and names 32 witnesses the government may call in its case-in-chief. The witnesses are identified by agency or company, including the FDA, FBI, USMS, CBP, HSI, UMI, Cormeum/Sensiva and COVID Scan, with FBI translators and records custodians for Bank of America and Fedwire.

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        Case 1:23-cr-00219-DAD-EPG             Document 142      Filed 04/10/26      Page 1 of 3

 1 ERIC GRANT
   United States Attorney
 2 JOSEPH D. BARTON
   ARELIS M. CLEMENTE
 3 Assistant United States Attorneys
   2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401
 4 Fresno, CA 93721
   Telephone: (559) 497-4000
 5 Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

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   Attorneys for Plaintiff
 7 United States of America

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                                  IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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                                    EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                         CASE NO. 1:23-CR-00219-DAD-EPG

12                                Plaintiff,
                                                       GOVERNMENT’S WITNESS LIST
13                         v.
                                                       DATE: April 21, 2026
14   JIA BEI ZHU, AKA JESSE ZHU, QIANG HE,             TIME: 8:30 a.m.
     AND DAVID HE,                                     COURT: Hon. Dale A. Drozd
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                                  Defendant.
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18         The government submits the following list of witnesses it may call in its case-in-chief:

19         1. Maridehl Matther, FDA

20         2. Juanj Wu, FDA

21         3. Adam Ruben, FDA

22         4. Chet Johnston, FBI

23         5. Shaun Miranda, USMS

24         6. Karekin Khatchadorian, UMI

25         7. Rita Bernal, UMI/PBI

26         8. Kym Lee, UMI

27         9. Candace Liu, UMI

28         10. Xue “Sue” Liang, UMI


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         Case 1:23-cr-00219-DAD-EPG        Document 142      Filed 04/10/26   Page 2 of 3

 1         11. Ying “Lydia” Zhu, UMI/PBI

 2         12. Jim Wu, Sunshine Easy

 3         13. Joanna Zhong, Joanna Cosmetics

 4         14. Ming Zhang, Berryku

 5         15. Bill Zhang, Vapetro

 6         16. Jeff Johnston, COVID Scan

 7         17. Donovan Blackney, Cormeum/Sensiva

 8         18. Jacob Kurdys, Cormeum/Sensiva

 9         19. Ben Williamson, Cormeum/Sensiva

10         20. David Vigerust, Comeum/Sensiva

11         21. Charmaine Le Blanc, Liberty Office Products

12         22. Shejal Desai, CBP

13         23. Janet Abt, FDA

14         24. Felix Marrero, FDA

15         25. Alyxandria Schubert, FDA

16         26. Bridget Marchand, GOMD

17         27. David Hyde, HSI

18         28. Kristin Hanaoka, USCIS A-File Custodian

19         29. Jenny Guo, FBI Translator

20         30. Susan Leu Lin, FBI Translator

21         31. Bank of America Records Custodian

22         32. Fedwire Records Custodian

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 1   Dated: April 10, 2026                     ERIC GRANT
                                               United States Attorney
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