Restaurateur who kept illegal aliens sentenced

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The owner of a chain of popular Baltimore sushi restaurants who pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to harbor illegal aliens and money laundering earned a five-month prison sentence Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ordered Tzu Ming Yang, 49, of Clarksville, to report to federal prison in May. He and his business partner, Jack Chang, 42, also of Clarksville, entered into a plea agreement with the government last April, admitting guilt to harboring between six and 24 undocumented workers and paying them low wages to work at twoBaltimore restaurants, Kawasaki Restaurant at 413 N. Charles St. and Kawasaki Café at 514 S. Chapel St.

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