Duo Charged With Inventing Fake Religious Organizations to Facilitate Travel to Cuba

Victor Vazquez and David Margolis “invented nonexistent religious organizations to apply for federal government licenses that allow U.S. residents to travel to Cuba,” according to the AP. Since April, thousands of travelers got permission to travel to Cuba through the alleged scheme. The U.S. government charged the two men with conspiring to violate Cuba-related travel regulations and lying on applications for religious travel licenses. U.S. law allows travelers to visit Cuba only for certain religious, humanitarian and research reasons, though a move to further open travel to the country appears to be gaining momentum.

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