Documents shed light into Carolina Forest home seizure involving Mexican cartel, Chinese chemical companies

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Five homes in the Carolina Forest area 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 five properties are listed in the lawsuit as homes in the following areas:

  • 9000 block of Fort Hill Way
  • 9000 block of Fort Hill Way
  • 100 block of Calhoun Falls Drive
  • 400 block of Calhoun Falls Drive
  • 500 block of Calhoun Falls Drive

The document claims that these 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…

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