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3 Sentenced In Cuban Travel Plan
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Published: October 14, 2007
MIAMI - A Florida businessman will spend more than two years in prison for his role in a scheme to use fake religious organizations to get thousands of people permission to travel to Cuba.
A federal judge sentenced Victor Vazquez, 40, of Pompano Beach, to 2 1/2 years in prison Friday. He was accused of bypassing a travel ban to Cuba that has been in place for more than four decades, illegally obtaining the special religious travel licenses for nonexistent churches.
He and a partner then provided the licenses to travel agencies, which sold the use of them, according to a report. Vazquez had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government.
Two others implicated in the scheme also received their sentences Friday.
Vazquez's ex-wife, Kekalani Vazquez, received three years of probation and Hialeah travel agent Yury Rodriguez received one year and one day in prison.
David Margolis, 76, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.
The Associated Press
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