新车走私中国 2华裔遭起诉
司法部门展示搜获得大量汽车登记证明文件
圣盖博谷2名华人以非法手段走私新车到中国被起诉,两人均已经认罪。涉案人分别是
31岁的圣盖博市(San Gabriel)居民辜孝贤(Frank, Hsiao Chien Ku,音译)及33岁西柯
维纳(West Covina)居民许晋豪(Danny, Chin Hao Hsu,音译)。
检方起诉书显示,两华裔嫌犯在2009年10月到2012年3月期间,利用虚假的文件及
姓名在新罕布夏州(New Hampshire)及其他地方购买并登记全新高级汽车,然后将汽车
运至长堤(Long Beach)港口,透过虚假文件向美国海关宣称这批全新车已经是二手车,
合法地将车辆出口到中国,从而赚取高额利润。他们受到的起诉为邮件诈欺罪(mail
fraud)和违反海关法罪(violations of US Customs Laws)。由于在新罕布夏州既没
有销售税,也没有强制要求汽车需要有保险的法律,降低了车辆的成本。不法之徒将新
车运到中国时,利润就可以增加。而根据美国海关的规定,新车是禁止出口的。所以不
法之徒就透过不同方法将新车转卖,变为二手车,然后再出口到其他国家。
涉及透过虚假文件及人头买家购买新车出口到中国的2名华裔,继认罪后于30日被判3年
缓刑,并罚款5000元。美国国土安全部海关及边境保护局(CBP)洛杉矶地区官员指出
,「人头」买家也可能面临起诉,呼吁民众不要贪图快钱,最后得不偿失。据新罕布什
尔州美国司法部(New Hampshire U.S. Department of Justice) 30日的宣判结果显示
,2位涉案的华裔,31岁居住在圣盖博(San Gabriel)的辜孝贤(Frank,Hsiao Chien Ku
,音译) 以及33岁居住在西柯维纳(West Covina)的许晋豪(Danny,Chin Hao Hsu,音
译),因透过虚假文件将全新的高级车辆变为已使用的车辆,被宣判3年缓刑,并罚款
5000元。检察官John P. Kacavas在29日的新闻发布会上表示,判刑并不是这次行动的
主要目的,行动的目标一直都是追回那些可能随时被美国海关没收、应该属于新罕布什
尔州的车辆。2名罪犯于去年10月已经承认邮件欺诈(Mail Fraud)和出口欺诈(Export
fraud)的2项重罪。
针对「人头」买家,Ruiz表示,主要是涉及学生或一些无业人士。帮忙买一辆车,
他们可以赚取数百到数千,对这些人来说,是一笔不错的收入。在海关或司法部调查相
关案件时,由于他们也是涉案者,在拥有足够证据的情况下,这些「人头」买家也会被
起诉。他还指出,买车出口的不法商人甚至涉及使用偷来的个人数据,他们使用被盗取
身份受害者的个人数据与汽车经销商连络,然后提供社会安全号码(Social Security
Codes),利用现金或个人现金支票,购买车辆。对于汽车经销商来说,有客人来买车,
他们当然欢迎。但这些受害者的信用就会被影响。
Two San Gabriel Valley men pleaded guilty on Monday to orchestrating an
automobile export scam in New Hampshire. Frank Hsiao Chien Ku, 31, of San
Gabriel, and Danny Chin Hao Hsu, 33, of West Covina, pleaded guilty on
Monday to violating U.S. Customs by purchasing luxury automobiles, falsely
titling and registering them in New Hampshire, and then illegally exporting
them to China to sell for a profit, according to a press release from U.S.
Attorney John Kacavas.
Ku and Hsu operated from Oct. 2009 to March 2012 a San Gabriel-based company
that financed the purchase of new automobiles in New Hampshire and
elsewhere, according to the press release. The men fabricated leases and
utility bills to falsely establish residency in New Hampshire and purchase
the automobiles under the pretext that they were not intended for export.
Once the defendants or the defendants' agents purchased the vehicles, they
had them transported to the port of Long Beach for export to China.
Kacavas said in announcing the charges that the men chose New Hampshire for
the state's lack of sales tax and compulsory automobile insurance. "In
addition to defrauding the N.H. Division of Motor Vehicles, and diverting
valuable federal and state law enforcement resources," Kacavas said, "out-of
-state scammers like the defendants pursue a quick buck at the expense of
New Hampshire's businesses and citizens."
The men's scheme involved 93 motor vehicles, 14 of which were seized in Long
Beach before they were exported. The total value of those 14 vehicles is
more than $750,000.