NY Businessman and Accomplice Receive Life Sentences for Murder-For-Hire

Qing Ming Yu and Zhe Zhang sentenced for orchestrating and executing the 2019 killing of rival Xin 'Chris' Gu in Queens.

Yu, a Manhattan property developer, hired his nephew and Zhang to eliminate Gu after he started a competing business.
The murder occurred during a Lunar New Year celebration, with Gu being shot while waiting for an Uber outside a karaoke bar.
Yu's nephew testified against him, revealing the financial motives and the planned execution.
Zhang and the hired hitman, Antony Abreu, were paid in cash and luxury items for their roles in the killing.
The court ordered Yu and Zhang to pay over $1 million in restitution to Gu's family.