LOS ANGELES: A Myanmar entrepreneur who allegedly scammed fellow immigrants from Myanmar by selling them US government oil and gas leases at inflated prices and failing to deliver on a promise to help them drill will stand trial this week in Los Angeles, according to court documents.
The trial, which combines two lawsuits filed on behalf of 21 plaintiffs, comes nearly four years after Levi Sap Nei Thang (pic) began a more than US$3.5 million buying spree for hundreds of federal and state leases despite having no apparent energy background.
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