Federal authorities also arrested Raymond

Federal authorities also arrested Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, alleged to be the head of a Chinese organized crime syndicate, and two dozen other people,
Melinda Haag, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, said in statement late Wednesday.
A political consultant who worked with Yee, Keith Jackson, was also arrested and faces numerous charges including firearms trafficking, involvement in a
murder-for-hire case and corruption, according to the complaint and press release.
Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, is running for Secretary of State and had been considered a strong candidate in a big field of both Democrats and Republicans.
It is not yet clear how his arrest will affect that race.
In their complaint, prosecutors allege that Yee, trying to raise money to retire debt from his failed 2011 mayoral campaign, did favors for an undercover FBI
agent who said he needed a phone call made to the California Department of Public Health in order to be favorably considered for a contract.
The complaint also alleged that after an undercover agent told Jackson that he needed to purchase a large number of weapons, Jackson said Yee could
facilitate a meeting with an arms dealer in exchange for a contribution.
"During a meeting with the undercover agent, Yee and Jackson allegedly discussed details of the specific types of weapons the undercover agent was interested
in buying and importing," the U.S. Attorney's office said.
Senate Democratic leader Darrell Steinberg hastily canceled a planned news conference on Wednesday after learning of Yee's arrest in a phone call early
Wednesday morning, a spokesman said.
Throughout the early part of the day, the hallway outside of Yee's office at the state capitol in Sacramento was crowded with reporters and other onlookers
hoping for a glimpse of FBI agents working behind a closed door. Agents began searching Yee's office early Wednesday morning, the FBI said.
Lee, a child psychologist with a PhD., emigrated to San Francisco from China at the age of 3.
(Reporting by Dan Levine in San Francisco and Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento; Editing