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Hai Gan, 56, Found Guilty on Fraud, Immigration, and Witness-Tampering Charges in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict earlier today finding Hai Gan guilty on fraud, immigration, and witness-tampering charges after a six-day trial.
The verdict was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich, II, of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, and Chief Patrol Agent Scott A. Luck, El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Hai Gan, a legal permanent resident from China who resides in The Colony, Texas, 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. The indictment also sought forfeiture of three residences owned by Hai Gan, two in Albuquerque and another in Moriarty, as well as Hai Gan’s residence in The Colony as assets used in or derived from Gan’s illegal activities.
The evidence at trial established that from Aug. 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 by assisting the aliens in fabricating fraudulent documents purportedly establishing New Mexico residency; arranging for the aliens to travel to New Mexico; and assisting the aliens in securing New Mexico drivers’ licenses by fraudulently attesting that they were New Mexico residents.
The jury deliberated approximately three hours before returning its guilty verdict. Hai Gan was remanded into custody after the jury returned its verdict and remains detained pending his sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled.
At sentencing, Hai Gan faces the following maximum penalties: 15 years in prison on each of the 51 counts of document fraud; 10 years in prison on each of the eight alien transportation counts; 10 years in prison on each of the three money laundering counts; and 20 years in prison on each of the witness-tampering charges.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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