Fugitive Chinese National Gets Over 3 Years in Prison for His Role in Large-Scale Birth Tourism and Immigration Fraud Ring
A federal judge sentenced Chao “Edwin” Chen, 35, a Chinese national in absentia today to 37 months in federal prison for participating in a large-scale birth tourism scheme that engaged in visa fraud that allowed foreign nationals to come to the United States and give birth so their children would receive U.S. birthright citizenship.Chen pleaded guilty in June 2016 …