Hai Gan, Aiding Undocumented Aliens, New Mexico 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Chinese National Sentenced for Aiding Undocumented Aliens

Hai Gan, a 57-year-old legal permanent resident from China residing in The Colony, Texas, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for his conviction on fraud, immigration, and witness-tampering charges.

Hai Gan will be deported after completing his prison sentence. He was also ordered to forfeit his interests in four houses used to facilitate his criminal activity and approximately $27,000, which represent part of his criminal proceeds.

The evidence at trial established that from August 2009 to May 2011, Hai Gan engaged in a scheme to aid undocumented aliens who were not New Mexico residents in obtaining New Mexico drivers’ licenses.

Hai Gan advertised his services in Chinese-language newspapers, charging each alien upwards of $3,000 for his services. He would first work with the alien to develop false residency documents using one of the residences he owned in New Mexico as the alien’s address.

After sufficient fraudulent residency documentation was developed, Hai Gan would meet the alien at the Albuquerque airport and assist the alien in obtaining a temporary New Mexico driver’s license. When the alien’s permanent driver’s license was delivered to the address identified as the alien’s residence, Hai Gan would then mail the driver’s license to the alien’s true home.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security-Office of Inspector General, and HSI El Paso’s Financial Operations and Currency Unified Strike Force.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy M. Castellano and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Pleters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Hai Gan was arrested on May 11, 2011, at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 25 north of Doña Ana County, N.M., when Border Patrol Agents learned that he was transporting an illegal alien.

Hai Gan was indicted and charged with 51 counts of fraud in connection with identification documents, eight counts of transporting illegal aliens, three counts of money laundering, and two counts of witness-tampering.

On February 11, 2014, Hai Gan was convicted on all 64 counts of the indictment by a federal jury after a six-day trial.

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