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Couple indicted on charge of harboring illegal aliens
A federal grand jury has indicted a couple who allegedly got paid to harbor two illegal Chinese aliens, including a child they enrolled in a public school.
The indictment charged Francisco Muna Tydingco and Lili Zhang Tydingco with two counts of harboring illegal aliens.
According to the indictment, from Sept. 28, 2013, to Feb. 19, 2015, the Tydingcos in reckless disregard of the fact that a minor child had come to and remained in the U.S. in violation of law, “did knowingly and intentionally conceal, harbor, or shield from detection,” the child “in any place, including any building, for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain.”
Beginning July 25, 2014, and up until Oct. 10, 2014, the Tydingcos allegedly did the same offense to conceal, harbor, or shield Rongxue Liu.
The Tydingcos will be arraigned tomorrow, Jan. 12 at 10am.
A complaint against the couple was initially filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the NMI.
At the initial appearance hearing last Dec. 29, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona released Lili Tydingco upon posting a $10,000 unsecured bond.
At a detention hearing for Francisco Tydingco on Wednesday, U.S. District Court for the NMI Magistrate Judge Heather released Francisco Tydingco upon posting a $15,000 unsecured bond.
According to Homeland Security Investigations Task Force officer Jesse Dubrall, the child’s purported uncle stated in an interview that he paid Lili Tydingco $7,000 in exchange for helping him enter into a fake marriage and obtain a green card.
Dubrall said the parents of the child admitted that they agreed to pay Lili Tydingco between $15,000 and $20,000 to take their child to Saipan and get her a green card.
