Travel company owner charged with committing visa fraud

by Mindy Aguon

Guam - A Philippine travel company owner is being held in federal custody named in a complaint charging him with conspiracy to commit visa fraud. Romualdo Enusban was arrested this week by special agents with homeland security investigations.

He is accused of smuggling Filipino women into the United States through C-1 non immigrant visas. That particular visa status allows foreigners to enter the U.S. for the purpose of transiting to a foreign location.

Authorities learned of the scheme when they arrested two women who flew to Guam.

Instead of leaving to Pohnpei to get to American Samoa for work, the women were booked on a one way trip to Las Vegas. They admitted they intended to go there to illegally live and work and paid more than $8,000 each to Enusban who made the visa and travel arrangements for them through his travel company, Riches and Miles.

After recording him admitting to the smuggling effort, Enusban also met with an undercover agent agreeing to apply for a non-immigrant visa.

Enusban was arrested at the airport on Wednesday and admitted to his involvement in smuggling the two women and admitting that he brought many other individuals into the U.S. using the same method.