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Royal Caribbean Passenger Accused of Jumping Overboard to Dodge Vacation Gambling Debt
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz jumped off a cruise ship to evade a $16,710 gambling debt and monetary reporting rules, facing federal charges including fines up to $250,000 and five years imprisonment.
- Jey Gonzalez-Diaz reportedly leapt from the Royal Caribbean vessel Rhapsody of the Seas near San Juan at approximately 9:15 a.m. on Sunday as the ship was returning from Barbados.
- He took this action while the ship was being inspected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in an attempt to evade reporting currency and settling a $16,710 gambling debt owed to the cruise line.
- Gonzalez-Diaz was saved by a person on a jet ski and subsequently located by authorities close to the Puerto Rico Capitol, where he was discovered with $14,600 in cash, two mobile phones, and five different identification cards; he faces charges related to evading financial reporting laws.
- According to the criminal complaint, he told officers in Spanish he jumped because he feared paying taxes on the currency and said, "If you guys were good at your job, you would know that."
- Gonzalez-Diaz was released on bail and faces up to a $250,000 fine and five years in prison if convicted of the federal charges related to his attempt to avoid monetary reporting.
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