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February 13, 2015 Friday 9:20 AM GMT
3 women plead guilty to smuggling Armenian nationals into US
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three Southern California women have pleaded guilty
to illegally smuggling immigrants from Armenia into the United States.
Forty-year-old Meri Avetsiyan (uh-VET'-see-yun), 42-year-old Varduhi
Avagyan (uh-VAH-ghee-un) and 57-year-old Maria Yanakopulus
(yan-uh-KAH-puh-liss) all admitted their roles in an international
smuggling organization.
They pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring Armenian nationals not
authorized to be in the United States into the country through Russian
and Mexico.
The Armenian immigrants were charged up to $18,000 to be brought into
the United States by using valid entry documents and posing as the
people in them.
The women, all from Glendale, face a maximum sentence of five years in
prison and a $250,000 fine when they're sentenced in May.
February 13, 2015 Friday 9:20 AM GMT
3 women plead guilty to smuggling Armenian nationals into US
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three Southern California women have pleaded guilty
to illegally smuggling immigrants from Armenia into the United States.
Forty-year-old Meri Avetsiyan (uh-VET'-see-yun), 42-year-old Varduhi
Avagyan (uh-VAH-ghee-un) and 57-year-old Maria Yanakopulus
(yan-uh-KAH-puh-liss) all admitted their roles in an international
smuggling organization.
They pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring Armenian nationals not
authorized to be in the United States into the country through Russian
and Mexico.
The Armenian immigrants were charged up to $18,000 to be brought into
the United States by using valid entry documents and posing as the
people in them.
The women, all from Glendale, face a maximum sentence of five years in
prison and a $250,000 fine when they're sentenced in May.