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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Taxin

Woman gets more than 3-year prison term for helping pregnant Chinese women get to US

California China Birth Tourism - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than 3 years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens.

U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner gave Phoebe Dong a 41-month sentence. Dong and her husband were convicted in September of conspiracy and money laundering through their company, USA Happy Baby.

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