A former San Gabriel Valley resident who fled the United States on the eve of her May 2022 methamphetamine trafficking trial has been extradited from Singapore, officials announced Friday.
Demi Pham, 44, a dual U.S.-Vietnamese citizen formerly of Rosemead, arrived Thursday evening at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Singapore.
She is expected to make her initial appearance Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana.
Pham is charged with one count of conspiracy to export controlled substances, two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of attempted exportation of methamphetamine.
According to a four-count indictment, Pham and a co-conspirator enlisted couriers to transport methamphetamine and cocaine in luggage from the United States to Australia, concealing the drugs inside candles and toy boxes. In total, law enforcement seized more than 44.1 pounds of methamphetamine from couriers and found more than 22.1 pounds of methamphetamine at Pham’s then-residence in Rosemead, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In May 2022, Pham failed to appear for a hearing the day before her trial in downtown Los Angeles was to begin, and U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson issued a bench warrant for her arrest.
Pham was arrested in Singapore in November 2025 at the request of the U.S. Then, Singaporean authorities transferred her to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, who escorted her to the United States.
If convicted, Pham would face between 10 years and life imprisonment, prosecutors noted.