MIAMI — A pair of Peruvian brothers are going to spend several years in prison after admitting they shook down immigrants in the United States for more than $1 million by threatening that they would go to jail if they did not pay them for purportedly required English language classes.
Carlos Espinoza Huerta, 40, was sentenced Monday to eight and a half years in prison, while his brother, Josmell Espinoza Huerta, 32, was previously sentenced to seven years after both pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.
U.S. District Judge Robert Scola imposed the prison terms, holding Carlos Espinoza responsible for $1.3 million in victims’ losses and Josmell Espinoza liable for $700,000.
