A San Bernardino County man convicted in September of operating a so-called birth tourism scheme, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 41 months in federal prison.
Michael Liu, 59, of Rancho Cucamonga, charged Chinese clients as much as six figures to direct them on how to maneuver the U.S. visa system, give birth in the United States, and obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their babies, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
At the end of September’s four-day trial, a jury found Liu and Jing Dong, 47, also from Rancho Cucamonga, guilty of one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of international money laundering for running a company called USA Happy Baby. Dong is scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks….