古巴籍男子承认参与国际人口走私、庇护欺诈及洗钱共谋案
发布日期 2026年8月18日
USCIS宣布,古巴公民Yuniel Lima-Santos已就涉及国际人口走私、虚假ESTA申请及洗钱共谋的指控认罪。该犯罪组织向每名移民收取1500至4万美元不等的费用,并利用空壳公司和虚假欧洲国籍声明将人员非法带入美国。
要点
- Lima-Santos对共谋走私移民、为牟利走私移民、共谋欺骗美国政府以及共谋洗钱等罪名认罪。
- 该组织利用虚假ESTA申请及虚假欧洲国籍声明帮助古巴公民进入美国。
- 受害者为走私服务支付了1500至4万美元不等的费用,部分人被迫工作以偿还债务。
- Lima-Santos最高可能面临20年监禁,量刑日期尚未确定。
- 此案共有12人被起诉,其中多人已认罪,另有人等待审判或量刑。
- USCIS、HSI、CBP与美国司法部联合展开调查与起诉。
影响对象
此案涉及参与人口走私、签证豁免欺诈及相关犯罪行为的人员,与一般签证或移民申请人无关。
建议行动
公众无需采取任何行动,但USCIS鼓励任何了解移民福利欺诈线索的人士通过USCIS举报表进行举报。
全文翻译
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发布日期
Release Date
08/18/2026
08/18/2026
佛罗里达州坦帕市消息:美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)在一项调查中发挥了关键作用,该调查促使一名古巴国民就非法移民走私、庇护欺诈和洗钱罪指控认罪。根据法庭文件,现年31岁、居住在佛罗里达州坦帕市的Yuniel Lima-Santos与他人合谋经营一个非法移民走私组织,该组织鼓动数千名古巴外国人使用欺诈性的电子旅行授权系统(ESTA)申请和签证豁免方式进入美国。被告在多个社交媒体平台上宣传其走私服务和虚假签证服务,以招揽古巴国民及其他外国人试图非法进入美国并通过欺诈手段在美国取得合法身份。
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in an investigation that resulted in a Cuban national pleading guilty to alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering. According to court documents, Yuniel Lima-Santos, 31, of Tampa, Florida, conspired with others to operate an alien smuggling organization that encouraged thousands of Cuban aliens to enter the United States using fraudulent Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) applications and visa waivers. The defendants advertised their smuggling services and bogus visa services across multiple social media platforms to solicit Cuban nationals and other aliens to attempt to illegally enter the United States and fraudulently obtain lawful status in the United States.
该组织宣传的服务包括协助古巴人做出虚假的欧洲公民身份声明,以便通过欧洲旅游签证豁免或ESTA进入美国,并使用虚假地址和伪造文件向美国海关及边境保护局(CBP)提交数百份欺诈性的ESTA申请。
The organization’s advertised services included assisting Cubans in making false claims of European citizenship to enter the United States through a European tourist visa waiver or ESTA and filing hundreds of fraudulent ESTA applications with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using fake addresses and fabricated documents.
Lima-Santos通过协助将外国人从其原籍国(包括古巴)转移到美国,进一步推动了该共谋活动。这包括购买国际和国内航班,以将外国人运送进入美国并在美国境内转运。Lima-Santos与共同被告Frandy Aragon Diaz共同将五名外国人走私入境美国。Lima-Santos还承认协助Aragon Diaz非法将古巴女性带入美国,这些女性在美国的脱衣舞俱乐部工作以偿还其走私债务。作为该共谋洗钱犯罪的一部分,Lima-Santos在佛罗里达州为一家空壳公司提交了公司章程。该公司没有雇员、薪资或申报收入,但被用于转移走私活动所得款项,并掩盖这些非法资金的真实来源和性质。
Lima-Santos furthered the conspiracy by helping move aliens from their countries of origin, including Cuba, into the United States. This included purchasing international and domestic flights to transport aliens into and throughout the United States. Lima-Santos and co-defendant Frandy Aragon Diaz smuggled five aliens into the United States. Lima-Santos also admitted to helping Aragon Diaz bring Cuban women illegally into the United States, where they worked in strip clubs to repay their smuggling debts. As part of the conspiracy’s money laundering crimes, Lima-Santos filed articles of incorporation in Florida for a shell company. The company had no employees, payroll, or reported income but was used to move proceeds from the smuggling scheme and conceal the true source and nature of the ill-gotten funds.
作为该共谋活动的一部分,外国人被收取1,500美元至40,000美元不等的走私服务费用。共谋者还包租私人飞机运送成批的外国人。Lima-Santos及共同被告合谋定期将资金转移至美国境外的公司和地点,包括为外国人购买前往美国的国际航班。在2021年至2024年期间,Lima-Santos从美国向其他国家汇出超过600,000美元,用于购买供外国人非法进入美国的机票。
As part of the conspiracy, aliens were charged between $1,500 and $40,000 for smuggling services. Co-conspirators also chartered private planes to transport groups of aliens. Lima-Santos and co-defendants conspired to move funds regularly to companies and locations outside the United States, including by purchasing international flights for aliens to travel into the United States. Between 2021 and 2024, Lima-Santos transmitted more than $600,000 from the United States to other countries to purchase flights for aliens to unlawfully enter the United States.
Yuniel Lima-Santos对以下罪名表示认罪:一项合谋以牟利为目的进行非法移民走私罪,五项以牟利为目的的非法移民走私罪,一项合谋欺诈美国政府罪,一项合谋洗钱罪,以及一项合谋隐匿洗钱工具罪。
Yuniel Lima-Santos pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain, five counts of alien smuggling for financial gain, one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and one count of conspiracy to conceal money laundering instruments.
Lima-Santos面临最高20年监禁的刑罚。量刑听证会将于稍后另行安排。联邦地区法院法官将在考虑《美国量刑指南》及其他法定因素后确定具体刑期。
Lima-Santos faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
作为该共谋案的一部分,共有12人因其在该案中的角色在一份补充起诉书中被起诉。现年31岁的Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez、31岁的Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos、30岁的Layra Libertad Treto Santos、29岁的Emanuel Martinez Gonzalez、31岁的Walbis Pozo-Dutel,以及32岁的Luis Emmanuel Escalona-Marrero均已认罪,正等待量刑。24岁的Erik Ventura-Castro于5月7日认罪,并于7月被判处30个月监禁。28岁的Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez和41岁的Gisleivy Peralta Consuegra正等待审判,审判定于9月21日开始。
As part of the conspiracy, 12 individuals were charged in a superseding indictment for their roles. Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez, 31; Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos, 31; Layra Libertad Treto Santos, 30; Emanuel Martinez Gonzalez, 29; Walbis Pozo-Dutel, 31; and Luis Emmanuel Escalona-Marrero, 32, have all pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Erik Ventura-Castro, 24, pleaded guilty on May 7 and was sentenced in July to 30 months in prison. Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, and Gisleivy Peralta Consuegra, 41, are awaiting trial scheduled to begin on Sept. 21.
此次宣布由美国司法部刑事司助理司法部长A. Tysen Duva、佛罗里达州中区联邦检察官Gregory W. Kehoe、移民及海关执法局(ICE)国土安全调查局(HSI)主管特工Nicholas Ingegno,以及USCIS局长Joseph Edlow共同作出。
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Nicholas Ingegno for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Director Joseph Edlow of USCIS made the announcement.
美国的调查工作由HSI坦帕办公室、美国边境巡逻队迈阿密辖区以及USCIS欺诈检测和国家安全局牵头开展,并得到了设于华盛顿特区的HSI人口走私科以及CBP国家目标中心国际拦截特别工作组的大力协助。开曼群岛当局也提供了宝贵的协助。
HSI Tampa, U.S. Border Patrol Miami Sector, and USCIS’ Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate led U.S. investigative efforts, with substantial assistance from HSI’s Human Smuggling Unit in Washington, D.C., and CBP’s National Targeting Center International Interdiction Task Force. Authorities in the Cayman Islands provided valuable assistance.
刑事司法部人权与特别起诉科的审判律师阿曼达·布朗(Amanda Brown)和佛罗里达州中区美国联邦检察官办公室的助理联邦检察官考特尼·德里(Courtney Derry)负责起诉本案。
Trial Attorney Amanda Brown of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Courtney Derry for the Middle District of Florida are prosecuting the case.
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