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Harboring illegal aliens gets woman a year in prison
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Posted on Feb 20 2019
Sasha Sun, 48, from Tumon, Guam, was recently sentenced in the U.S. District Court of Guam to 12 months in prison for harboring illegal aliens.
The Guam court also ordered Sun to be placed on three years of supervised release following her release from custody and to pay a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.
Additionally, the court ordered the forfeiture of Sun’s San Vitores Village condominium and $74,794.00 in U.S. currency.
Homeland Security Investigations’ undercover operation revealed that Sun, the owner of the Joy Luck Club in Tumon, illegally employed three female aliens from Taiwan.
The aliens entered Guam as tourists under the visa waiver program, a program that grants entry of certain aliens into Guam for 45 days. Those entering under the program are prohibited from working while on island. However, Sun employed the female aliens as hostesses, selling $20 drinks to men who patronized the business. Sun paid the aliens $10 for every drink they sold.
Shawn N. Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, said, “Those who recruit and harbor aliens for unlawful employment [in] Guam will face criminal prosecution and the potential forfeiture of assets related to their crimes. In this case, Sun also used her condominium to house the aliens who were illegally working. In addition, the money found in her condominium was illegal proceeds from the unlawful harboring of those aliens. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to aggressively prosecuting these offenses and eliminating any financial incentive to engage in such conduct.”
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations and the Guam Police Department. This case was prosecuted by Rosetta San Nicolas, an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Guam. (PR)
