Chinese Woman Charged With Fraud, Illegally Bringing Chinese Nationals to the US
A Nevada-based Chinese woman was arrested and charged on Wednesday for allegedly bringing Chinese nationals illegally into the United States in exchange for money.
Liao Haiyan, also known as Daisy Liao, is a Chinese-born, naturalized U.S. citizen living in Las Vegas. According to an indictment unsealed at a U.S. district court in Nevada on Jan. 13, she and other co-conspirators ran a scheme to help Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain visitor visas from January 2014 to December 2015.
Her clients paid her thousands of dollars for her services. In return, she helped them to fill out Form DS-160, a non-immigration visa form, with false statements and fake supporting documents.
WASHINGTON (U.S. Department of Justice) â A Nevada woman was arrested Wednesday for her alleged role in a multi-year scheme to commit visa fraud and money laundering, and to illegally bring Chinese nationals into the United States for financial gain.
Haiyan Liao, 43, of Las Vegas, is charged in an indictment obtained in the Eastern District of New York and unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. She is charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and to unlawfully bring aliens into the U.S. for financial gain, bringing aliens into the U.S. for financial gain, and money laundering conspiracy.