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“Fei Liao, 31, of San Gabriel, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker on February 19, 2026. Liao was ordered to forfeit over $2.3 million in seized currency and to pay restitution of more than $2.8 million to the victims that directed money to his accounts.”


“According to the indictment, the above named individuals allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to recruit United States citizens, preferably members of the armed forces, to enter into sham marriages to Chinese nationals for the purpose of evading immigration laws and illicitly obtaining lawful permanent resident status for the Chinese nationals. The sham marriages took place around the country, including in Jacksonville, as well as in New York, Connecticut, and Nevada. ”


“The indictment alleges Chinese national Shenghua Wen, 39, whose U.S. visa expired in 2013, served as the ringleader. He has now made his appearance in Houston federal court.”


The CCP is to blame for this atrocity, despite the generic “Chinese” title. Taiwan never had this. But similar things happened in other Communist countries, killing millions.


Rank Country Total 1 Qatar $6,572,557,546

2 Germany $4,444,392,564

3 England $4,290,201,284

4 China $4,055,470,977

5 Canada $3,961,790,171

6 Saudi Arabia $3,916,067,990

7 Switzerland $3,392,721,030

8 Japan $3,351,313,885

9 Hong Kong $1,928,025,983

10 France $1,880,843,949


Kind of amazing how Qatar has been quietly (and not so quietly lately) running massive influence campaigns targeting students and kids.


Yup. The results of Qatar’s influence operations are certainly not quiet anymore!


Possibly? Where are you connecting from?


Switzerland in my case -- but it works with a US VPN ;-)


Same for me with ISP from Austria.


Sorry. Maybe US-only government site. Unfortunate


Somali Sentenced To Life For Conspiring To Commit 9/11-Style Attack On Behalf Of al-Shabaab


Previously, “CHONG pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Central District of California to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain graduate school admission slots for unqualified Chinese nationals at University-1 in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash. ”


Incredible story


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