THREE more Chinese nationals have been indicted for illegally entering Guam by boat.
Named as defendants in the unsealed indictment were Gaoqin She, Youhou Lou and Caiping Guan who were charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. Authorities also believe that the three do not have legal immigration status.
The District Court for the NMI recently unsealed two other grand jury indictments charging 16 Chinese nationals for illegally entering Guam by boat.
A total of 19 foreigners have now been charged with the scheme to transport illegal aliens.
According to the indictment, “On or about July 20, 2022, defendants, along with four other citizens of the PRC who also did not have legal immigration status, pooled money together to purchase a boat for $22,000 on the island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The boat, which had CNMI boat registration number CM 4847 PU, was used by the six Chinese citizens to complete transportation from the CNMI to Guam on or about July 23, 2022. A boat was used for transportation because the Chinese citizens wanted to avoid immigration processes that was anticipated if travel was completed by commercial airplane. Authorities located the boat after it came ashore to Guam from the CNMI with all six Chinese citizens on July 23, 2022.”
The indictment stated that She, Lou, and Guan “combined, conspired, confederated, agreed, and acted interdependently with each other, and with other persons whose names are known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit an offense defined in 8 U.S.C. § 18 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii), specifically, transporting illegal aliens.”
The U.S. government wants the defendants, if convicted, to forfeit any conveyance used to carry out the offense they are being charged for, “including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used in the commission of the offense of which the defendants are convicted; and any property real or personal that constitutes, or is derived from or is traceable to proceeds obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of the offense of which the defendants are convicted; or that is used to facilitate, or is intended to be used to facilitate, the commission of the offense of which the defendants are convicted.”
Gaoqin She and Youhou Lou will appear before Magistrate Judge Heather Kennedy for an arraignment on Nov. 14 at 3 p.m.
Attorney Richard Miller was appointed by the court to represent She while Joe McDoulett is the court-appointed attorney of Lou.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Albert Flores is prosecuting the case.
