Judge deports Old Westbury Billionaire back to China

Maybe the Old Westbury house is on the market.

Chinese billionaire Hui Qin used to troll around the North Shore in his Rolls-Royce. But last September, after a big fight with his Chinese wife at their mansion on Applegreen Drive, he was arrested.

He's not the richest billionaire in Old Westbury -- that would be hedge funder Steven Schonfeld, whose Whitney Lane house is worth about $90 million.

But Qin's not in Old Westbury anymore. And he won't be coming to Mineola to fight those domestic violence charges from last September. Because Qin -- who's a Chinese (not U.S.) citizen -- was put on a plane yesterday with a one-way ticket, pursuant to a court order at his sentencing this week in Federal court on charges that included Time Served in a cell at the Brooklyn federal prison.

39 Applegreen Drive in Old Westbury, where Chinese billionaire Hui Qin used to live.Photo byNassau County Land Records Bureau

On September 23, 2023, after that fight with his wife at the Old Westbury estate, Qin was arrested by the village police, kept overnight, and dragged into court for his arraignment on a Felony mischief charge. Incredibly, the Assistant DA filed a motion to reduce the Felony count that police filed to a Misdemeanor. Through his attorney, Glen Cove lawyer Benjamin B. Xue, Qin pleaded Not Guilty and Nassau County Judge Gary Carlton released him. Qin went home to Old Westbury.

Then he disappeared.

Reason: The FBI arrested Qin in his fancy L.I. house. He's been detained ever since in federal prison in Brooklyn, public records show. Because he was locked up in Brooklyn, Qin was MIA at his next Nassau County court date in Mineola, October 10, 2023. Adjourned. Qin also missed the November 6 court date.

Unaware of Qin's federal "situation", Judge Maxine Broderick threatened a warrant if he didn't show up on December 11, 2023.

Qin's arrest after that fight with his wife on Long Island was reported here on Newsbreak: Old Westbury billionaire arrested after FBI catches him using phony Florida driver's license

Qin couldn't see Judge Broderick in Mineola because he was locked up in prison in Brooklyn on federal criminal charges.

This week, Qin cut a federal plea deal: He consented to deportation from the U.S. Details appear in a formal Dept. of Justice statement describing Qin's charges and the sentence they agreed to: Billionaire Chinese National Sentenced

But the DOJ doesn't mention Qin's Nassau County criminal case. So not everybody knows he's due back in Judge Broderick's Mineola courtroom with his Glen Cove lawyer on June 26, 2024.

Qin can't come back unless he sneaks across the border into the U.S., a violation of his federal plea deal.

Unclear if Hui Qin's wife gets the house now. Or if he can he sell it. Did his wife leave with him? Is that two (2) free tickets to China, or Shangri-La, or Paradise -- or just 1?

Can he buy his way back into the U.S.? What's it worth?

At this point, all the money in the world can't help Hui Qin now.

KEEP OUT: Sign by the side of the public road, Applegreen Drive in Old Westbury, warns "unauthorized" visitors to leave.Photo byC.J. Teevan