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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Andrew Georgeson and Amy Taxin

‘Birth tourism’ operator gets jail time for helping Chinese woman travel to US to have babies

A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for her role in an extensive business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically become American citizens.

Phoebe Dong was handed a 41-month sentence by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, after she, alongside ex-husband Michael Liu, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of money laundering through their company, USA Happy Baby.

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