On October 18, 2013, the SEC filed a complaint against Yuhe International, Inc. According to the SEC: "This case concerns false public statements made by Yuhe, a China-based company under Gao's direction and control whose stock, during the relevant time, traded in the United States on the NASDAQ. Between approximately December 2009 and June 2011, Yuhe misled its public investors by disseminating a series of materially" false statements concerning a purported acquisition for more than $15 million. In truth, the acquisition never occurred, and Gao used his power as CEO to divert more than $12 million that purportedly was used for the acquisition to a private account he controlled."

On May 19, 2014, Judge Royce C. Lamberth entered Final Judgment against defendant Yuhe International, Inc. The Final Judgment was pursuant to the SEC's Motion for Default Judgment against Yuhe International, Inc.