Character experience, Zhao Shilan.

201111Qiao Jianjun, then director of the Zhoukou direct warehouse of China National Grain Storage, fled abroad with more than 300 million yuan. Joe and Zhao came to the United States through an investment immigration program in the United States.

On March 20 18, 2005, the e-mail announcement of the U.S. Department of Justice showed that Zhao Shilan, the ex-wife of Qiao Jianjun, an absconded official of China Grain Reserve, was arrested in Newcastle, Washington on March 0/7, and they were accused of obtaining an American investment immigrant visa by fraudulent means and buying a house in Washington through money laundering.

On March 201may 17, Zhao Shilan, aged 5 1 year, appeared in the Seattle federal court. He was arrested at the request of the government without bail and appeared in court again on March 20. According to the indictment, the money they used for money laundering was related to the embezzled public funds in Zhoukou, China.

On may 20 15 18, the case of Zhao Shilan was heard in the federal court in los Angeles. According to the indictment, Zhao Shilan and Qiao Jianjun bought a house in the Seattle suburb through money laundering, and the money they used for money laundering was related to their embezzled public funds.

The prosecution accused Zhao Shilan and Qiao Jianjun of EB-5 investment immigration fraud, and the key point was that they could not prove the source of funds. US prosecutors' documents pointed out that Zhao and Qiao forged two companies in China to cover up the real source of funds for investment immigrants. Moreover, when they divorced, they still applied for immigration as husband and wife, which also constituted immigration fraud. The U.S. prosecutor's document mentioned the charges of transferring stolen money and money laundering, but did not mention the specific source of the amount.

He lied to the US Immigration Bureau that he would invest 500,000 US dollars in American enterprises, but the investigation results showed that all the relevant documents of Zhao were false. Her $500,000 was not invested in any projects at all. In fact, the money was used to buy a house in the suburbs of Seattle, and the source of the money was related to a money laundering transaction in Zhoukou Grain Depot. In addition, Qiao Jianjun divorced Zhao Shilan when he went to the United States, but Zhao Shilan lied that they were still husband and wife when he applied for investment immigration.

Since the court documents are still sealed, neither the prosecution nor the defense disclosed more information. When the United States investigates the specific sources of illicit money, it needs Chinese assistance. "Investigation and evidence collection will open a new chapter in Sino-US cooperation in investigating crimes."

Immigration fraud can be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison, and may face repatriation after conviction and be banned from re-entering the United States. Since China and the United States have not signed a judicial extradition agreement, it is more likely that the United States will send Zhao back to China in the name of "deportation."

On May 8, 2065438, Zhao Shilan appeared in the federal court in the Central District of California. This trial is the first "detention hearing" held after Zhao Shilan's case was transferred from Washington State to Los Angeles. The judge announced in court that the court will hold its first trial on July, 2065438 14.

However, in the routine pre-trial meeting on July 6, 20 15, the prosecution proposed that due to the complexity of the case, more evidence was found during the investigation, and the number of documents was as high as 5,000 pages, hoping to postpone it. The defendant also supported the extension, and finally the judge agreed to extend the case to 2065438+April 5, 2006.

On April 5, 20 16, the U.S federal court for the central district of California announced that due to the complexity of the case, the case of Zhao Shilan, the ex-wife of Qiao Jianjun, a fugitive from China, originally scheduled for that day, would be postponed to February 28, 20 17. This is the second time that this case has been postponed. The judge thinks that the case is particularly complicated and the defendant's lawyer needs a lot of time to prepare. Failure to postpone will affect the fair trial of the case.