A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old sushi chef to time served for his role as a courier in a nationwide fraud scheme that netted more than $8 million in gold bars from victims in Oregon and Idaho.
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon accepted the negotiated sentence but said the year and four months that Bao Lin spent in custody did not reflect the crime.
“This is a much more serious offense than the recommended sentence warrants,” he said…