Ping Mao

Ping Mao is a Vietnamese-American gangster currently active in the USA
== Biography ==
After the Vietnam war, the Mao family began to lose its power throught Vietnam, their farms now owned by the state. Their wealth stripped from them. The Mao family now spread throughout the country. Many turn to crime to regain their power creating the Mao Crime family based within the capital. Competing with many other families. The syndicate would operate in areas such as drug and sex trafficking, however they would eventually collapse from the inside out in 1987, causing it to splinter. The leader of the syndicate, Chung Mao, would send his newly pregnant wife out of the country and to the USA before he would be assassinated by a rival Mob. She would give birth on the boat to Ping Mao and once they arrived in LA they would start their new life with the money they had. Ping's mother would struggle greatly, unable to get a job due to the lack of any experience, and the sudden shift in her way of living made it hard for her to cope. Ping would be forced into a life of crime very early on, joining a local Triad made up of people from all over south and south east Asia. He got his first kill before he was even 18. In 2013 (Age 25) Ping would persue larger goals. Serving as but a low ranking thug in the Triad for all his life, he wanted to climb the ranks and gain more wealth. He would begin performing jobs for others to gain money such as Fred Butterscotch, however this partnership would be the start of a rivalry between him and Juan Lopéz, their first meeting ending almost in a fight, the two would refuse to work with one another.
== Rise in power ==
After getting enough money, Ping would slowly begin to grow his criminal empire. Splitting off from his former gang and making it on his own. He would start by selling stolen vehicles then move onto selling and trafficking drugs. After making enough money he bought his own nightclub used as a front for money laundering. He swiftly began to branch out, buying out more clubs spreading across california. He would buy his own Office in uptown LA to keep track of his empire. He would now be ranking in cash by the millions. By this point authorities were already suspicious of Ping and began to keep an eye on him. 
== Fall and Arrest ==
An unknown contact tipped authorities off about illegal operations happening in one of Ping's clubs. The go ahead was given for a search of the premises. On a Monday afternoon when the club was closed police raided the club and descovered a money laundering operation along with armed suspects and evidence linking Ping with multiple other investigations. A warrent was put out on Ping and his office would then be entered by a SWAT team. Ping would be arrested and sentensed to life. He would be charged with Multiple counts of: 
* first and second degree murder 
* attempted murder 
* assault 
* kidnapping 
* armed robbery 
* drug possession 
* Sale or transport of drugs 
* money laundering 
* illegal carrying
* And much more
No one knows who tipped off the police but Ping wasn't taking any chances. He sent his right hand man Chung to clean up any potential rats and to figure out who did it. 
== Personality ==
Ping is a rather reserved person, and shares many traits linked to antisocial personality disorder (Sociopathy). He shows no remorse with killing despite having no pleasure from doing so. This ruthlessness only heightened during his rise to power now sending people out to kill rather than doing the kills himself but thats not to say he didnt get his hands dirty. As an effect of his mental disorder Ping shows no interest in romantic relationships leaving him without a significant other and instead laying with prostitutes and even some of the dancers at his clubs. 
He has a very down to business and no nonsense work ethic always thinking of the job first and doesn't let things get in the way. 
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