HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Five South Carolina homes are in the process of being seized by the U.S. Government in connection with a money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorism scheme between Chinese and Mexican companies, a federal document says.

The document claims that the five properties have a total value of approximately $2,195,865.

One of the known potential claimants in the case filed by the U.S. Government is Ruiqi Zeng, a 24-year-old Chinese woman who was enrolled in Johns Hopkins University and is the grantee of four of the five Carolina Forest-area homes.

She came to the U.S. in July 2022 on an F-1 Visa and resided in Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. She left the United States and returned to China in November of 2024, according to the suit.

Another known pot

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