LI Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-For-Hire Plot: US Atty.

BROOKLYN, NY — Two men, including one from Oyster Bay, were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for their roles in a 2019 killing at a karaoke bar, prosecutors said.

Qing Ming Yu, also known as “Allen,” of Oyster Bay, and Zhe Zhang, also known as “Zack,” of Queens, were sentenced at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.

In October 2023, following a two-week trial, a federal jury found them guilty of murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire conspiracy. As part of the sentence, the court ordered them to pay more than $1 million in restitution to the victim’s family.

"Allen Yu set out to kill Xin Gu because he started a rival business and Zhang agreed to carry out the execution-style murder without hesitation," stated United States Attorney Peace. "Driven by greed and revenge, they hired a hitman to commit a brutal murder of a young
man, traumatizing the victim’s family as well as the Flushing community."

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said: “Life in prison is an appropriate outcome for the crimes these men coldly carried out. I commend and thank our NYPD investigators for their meticulous work and our partners at the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York for their diligent prosecution.”