A Southern California man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for operating a “birth tourism” scheme where affluent pregnant Chinese women paid thousands of dollars to travel and give birth in the United States, so the infants could obtain American citizenship, authorities said Monday.
A federal judge sentenced Michael Wei Yueh Liu, 59, of Rancho Cucamonga, just east of Los Angeles, following a four-day trial, the Justice Department said.
Liu and Jing Dong, 47, also of Rancho Cucamonga, were each convicted of one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of international money laundering. Dong will be sentenced later.
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