An Israeli national linked to a Chinese fraudster’s illegal biolab in Nevada avoided a federal felony charge this month after the Justice Department mysteriously dropped the criminal complaint against him.
Police conducted a raid on January 31 at a home in northeast Las Vegas, managed by 55-year-old Ori Salomon, an Israeli national currently in the U.S. on an E-2 visa, and owned by Jia Bei Zhu, a Chinese national convicted of fraud earlier this month who is also linked to the secret biolab discovered in Reedley, California, in late 2022.
Inside Zhu’s property on Sugar Springs Drive, law enforcement agents found what appeared to be a “biological laboratory” complete with a “bio-safety hood,” a “bio-safety sticker,” a centrifuge, multiple refrigerators, red-brown unknown liquids in gallon-sized containers, and refrigerated vials of unknown substances, according to Christopher Delzotto, FBI special agent in charge for the Las Vegas office.
“The Government has concluded that the interests of justice require dismissal of the complaint.”
That same day, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant at Salomon’s residence and allegedly discovered a French passport bearing the name “Ori Salomon,” an Israeli passport with the name “Ori Solomon,” and a black semi-automatic pistol.
