古巴籍男子因偷渡与庇护欺诈阴谋被判30个月监禁
发布日期 2026年7月30日
USCIS宣布，24岁的古巴籍男子埃里克·文图拉-卡斯特罗因参与偷渡、庇护欺诈和洗钱阴谋被判处30个月监禁。该团伙自2021年1月至2025年6月运作，利用虚假的ESTA申请和伪造的欧洲公民身份声明，将数千名古巴人带入美国。
要点
- 文图拉-卡斯特罗于5月7日就以牟利为目的的偷渡阴谋和洗钱阴谋认罪。
- 该组织在社交媒体上宣传服务，包括伪造欧洲公民身份声明以及向CBP提交的虚假ESTA申请。
- 外国人为偷渡服务支付1,500至40,000美元不等的费用,同谋者还曾包租私人飞机运送人员。
- 文图拉-卡斯特罗向开曼群岛、哥伦比亚和墨西哥汇款超过97,000美元，用于购买非法入境的机票。
- 共有12人在追加起诉书中被指控,其中5人已认罪等待判刑,另外3人将于9月21日开始接受审判。
- 此案调查由USCIS欺诈侦测与国家安全局、ICE国土安全调查局、边境巡逻队和CBP共同参与。
影响对象
此案涉及参与偷渡与欺诈网络的相关人员，也表明当局正加强对涉及古巴籍人士的虚假ESTA和庇护申请的审查。
建议行动
任何人如发现涉嫌移民福利欺诈或滥用行为，均可通过USCIS举报表格向USCIS举报。
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2026年7月30日
07/30/2026
佛罗里达州坦帕消息:美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)在一项调查中发挥了关键作用,该调查最终判处现年24岁、来自佛罗里达州海厄利亚市的古巴籍外国人埃里克·文图拉-卡斯特罗(Erik Ventura-Castro)30个月监禁,罪名是其在一起国际偷渡外国人、庇护欺诈和洗钱共谋案中所扮演的角色。
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in an investigation that resulted in the sentencing of Cuban alien Erik Ventura-Castro, 24, of Hialeah, Florida, to 30 months in prison for his role in an international alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.
美国公民及移民服务局局长约瑟夫·埃德洛(Joseph Edlow)表示:“今天的判决证明了我们打击移民欺诈的全面行动。美国公民及移民服务局很荣幸能与执法合作伙伴携手合作,摧毁了这个犯罪团伙。该团伙炮制了成千上万份虚假庇护申请,使大量非法外国人涌入美国。随着文图拉-卡斯特罗及其犯罪同伙受到法律制裁,我们将继续履行使命,保护美国人民免受那些企图利用我国法律、危害我们社区安全之人的侵害。”
“Today’s sentencing is evidence of our all-out war on immigration fraud,” said USCIS Director Joseph Edlow. “USCIS is proud to have worked with our law enforcement partners to dismantle this criminal enterprise, which churned out thousands of fake asylum claims and flooded the country with illegal aliens. As Ventura-Castro and his criminal associates are being brought to justice, we will continue our mission protecting Americans from those who seek to exploit our laws and endanger our communities.”
根据法庭文件记载,从2021年1月至2025年6月,文图拉-卡斯特罗与他人共谋经营一个偷渡外国人组织,鼓动数千名古巴籍外国人使用欺诈性电子旅行许可系统(ESTA)申请和免签证计划进入美国。被告在社交媒体平台上做广告,招揽外国人非法进入美国并通过欺诈手段获取合法身份。该组织所宣传的服务包括协助古巴人谎称拥有欧洲国籍,以便通过欧洲旅游免签证计划或ESTA进入美国,并使用虚假地址和伪造文件向美国海关与边境保护局(CBP)提交数百份欺诈性ESTA申请。
According to court documents, from January 2021 to June 2025, Ventura-Castro 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 services on social media platforms to solicit aliens to illegally enter the United States and fraudulently obtain lawful status. 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using fake addresses and fabricated documents.
文图拉-卡斯特罗通过宣传外国人从古巴经由其他国家前往美国的旅行路线,并协助外国人获取欺诈性ESTA,进一步推动了该共谋活动。被告为欺诈性ESTA申请提交了40多笔电子付款。作为该共谋活动的一部分,外国人被收取1,500美元至40,000美元不等的偷渡服务费。共谋者还包租私人飞机运送成批的外国人。文图拉-卡斯特罗从美国向开曼群岛、哥伦比亚和墨西哥汇款超过97,000美元,用于购买外国人非法进入美国的机票。
Ventura-Castro furthered the conspiracy by advertising travel routes for aliens to travel from Cuba to the United States through other countries and by assisting aliens in obtaining fraudulent ESTAs. The defendant submitted more than 40 electronic payments for fraudulent ESTA applications. 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. Ventura-Castro transmitted more than $97,000 from the United States to the Cayman Islands, Colombia, and Mexico to purchase flights for aliens to unlawfully enter the United States.
文图拉-卡斯特罗于5月7日就共谋为谋取经济利益而实施偷渡外国人罪及共谋洗钱罪认罪。
Ventura-Castro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments on May 7.
共有十二人在一份替代起诉书中被指控参与该共谋活动。被告利安尼斯·亚伊塞利斯·维加-佩雷斯(Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez)、米格尔·亚历杭德罗·马丁内斯·瓦斯康塞洛斯(Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos)、莱拉·利伯塔德·特雷托·桑托斯(Layra Libertad Treto Santos)、埃马努埃尔·马丁内斯·冈萨雷斯(Emanuel Martinez Gonzalez)和瓦尔比斯·波佐-杜特尔(Walbis Pozo-Dutel)均已认罪,正等待判刑。被告拉萨罗·阿兰·卡布雷拉-罗德里格斯(Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez)、路易斯·埃马努埃尔·埃斯卡洛纳-马雷罗(Luis Emmanuel Escalona-Marrero)和吉斯莱维·佩拉尔塔·孔苏埃格拉(Gisleivy Peralta Consuegra)正等待定于9月21日开始的审判。
Twelve individuals were charged in a superseding indictment for their roles in the conspiracy. Defendants Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez, Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos, Layra Libertad Treto Santos, Emanuel Martinez Gonzalez, and Walbis Pozo-Dutel, have all pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Defendants Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, Luis Emmanuel Escalona-Marrero, and Gisleivy Peralta Consuegra are awaiting trial scheduled to begin on Sept. 21.
此次美方调查工作由美国移民及海关执法局(ICE)国土安全调查处(HSI)坦帕办公室、美国边境巡逻队迈阿密地区以及美国公民及移民服务局欺诈侦测与国家安全局牵头进行,并得到了国土安全调查处设于华盛顿特区的人口偷渡科以及美国海关与边境保护局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。本案由美国司法部刑事司人权与特别检控科审判律师阿曼达·布朗(Amanda Brown)以及佛罗里达州中区助理联邦检察官考特尼·德里(Courtney Derry)负责起诉。
The U.S. investigative efforts were led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa, U.S. Border Patrol Miami Sector, and USCIS’ Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate, 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. Trial Attorney Amanda Brown of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division 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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2026年7月30日
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