A Cuban national who became a U.S. citizen in 2015 has had her citizenship revoked after a federal court in Florida found that she had concealed her role in a money laundering scheme when she applied for naturalization.
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The individual in question, Milagros Marileisis Acosta Torres, had her citizenship revoked on October 14th by the Southern District of Florida Federal Court, as confirmed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in a statement released on Wednesday.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida shared details of the case on Thursday via X, revealing that Acosta lied during her naturalization interview by denying any criminal activity for which she had not been arrested.
Federal authorities disclosed that prior to her naturalization, Acosta had been involved in a conspiracy to defraud a Florida tribal casino through a scheme that extracted millions of dollars. According to the DOJ, her husband and several accomplices orchestrated a plan to steal money by creating fake credit vouchers.
Acosta later engaged in financial transactions aimed at concealing the fraudulent source of the funds and circumventing federal and state transaction reporting requirements.
The issue with her citizenship arose from false statements made during her 2015 naturalization process. In both her application and interview, Acosta claimed she had never committed a crime or offense for which she...
A Cuban national who became a U.S. citizen in 2015 has had her citizenship revoked after a federal court in Florida found that she had concealed her role in a money laundering scheme when she appl...