A naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese origin has pleaded responsible to costs of migrant smuggling conspiracy and cash laundering conspiracy, the Justice Department introduced.

Haiyan Liao, 46, together with unnamed co-conspirators submitted customer visa purposes containing unfaithful statements to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou in southern China.

Liao, a resident of Las Vegas, then helped Chinese nationals whose visa purposes had been accepted journey to America, accompanying them herself on business flights to New York, the Justice Department mentioned.

These Chinese nationals and their households, 4 of whom had been unaccompanied minors, paid Liao 1000's for the difficulty. Liao reaped at the least $98,673.72 in wire transfers from China.

Liao now faces as much as 5 years in jail for conspiracy to unlawfully usher in aliens to the U.S. for monetary acquire, and as much as 20 years in jail for conspiracy to commit cash laundering at her sentencing, which is scheduled for Dec. 8.

“Liao was paid thousands of dollars to help lie to the federal government to bring individuals, including unaccompanied minors, into the United States for her own selfish gain. This office stands committed to upholding the rule of law and protecting the integrity of our immigration process,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace mentioned in a press release.

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