LOS ANGELES—A California man was sentenced Monday to nearly 3.5 years in prison for running an extensive business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship.
U.S. authorities had sought a more than five-year prison term for Michael Wei Yueh Liu, 59, who was convicted in September of conspiracy and money laundering for running a company known as USA Happy Baby. Phoebe Dong, Liu’s wife—though the couple have since separated—was also convicted in connection with the scheme and is expected to be sentenced early next year.
