文图拉县华人马氏家族按摩店卖淫洗钱案：四名家族成员被陪审团定罪
文图拉（加州）——文图拉县检察官办公室9月30日宣布，一个陪审团已判定华人马氏家族四名成员拉皮条与洗钱罪名成立，四人分别为马向薇（Xiangwei Ma，56岁）、其夫马明（Ming Ma，41岁）、其弟马向东（Xiangdong Ma，54岁）与��姐马莉（Li Ma，60岁），其中马向薇共11项罪名成立，另包括房贷欺诈。华文媒体于10月1日至2日报道了这一定罪结果。检方表示，四人十余年来以文图拉、休尼梅港、锡米谷、奥克斯纳德等地的按摩店为掩护，招募并控制来自中国的女性从事性交易，并通过银行、寿险、赌场与房地产等渠道洗钱，政府可没收逾125万美元资产。
四人已被当庭收押。量刑听证分别定于10月23日、11月2日和11月4日举行，四人面临的最高刑期从8年8个月到17年不等。
Ventura County Jury Convicts Four Members of Ma Family in Massage-Parlor Sex and Money-Laundering Case
VENTURA, Calif. — The Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced on September 30 that a jury has convicted four members of the Ma family of pimping and money laundering: Xiangwei Ma, 56; her husband Ming Ma, 41; her brother Xiangdong Ma, 54; and her sister Li Ma, 60. Xiangwei Ma was convicted on 11 counts, including mortgage fraud. Chinese-language media reported the verdicts on October 1-2. Prosecutors say that for more than a decade the family used massage parlors in Ventura, Port Hueneme, Simi Valley and Oxnard as fronts, recruiting and controlling women from China for commercial sex and laundering the proceeds through banks, life-insurance policies, casinos and real estate; the government may seize more than $1.25 million in assets.
All four were taken into custody. Sentencing hearings are set for October 23, November 2 and November 4, with maximum exposures ranging from eight years and eight months to 17 years.
图片来源：马氏家族四名成员登记照（左起：马向薇、马向东、马莉、马明），文图拉县检察官办公室发布；四人已被陪审团定罪，量刑听证待举行
