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A Chinese national who ran an Irvine-based travel company targeted by federal officials as a birth tourism operation was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in prison.But Chao “Edwin†Chen wasn’t in court to hear his sentence. He fled to China in 2016.Chen was one of the operators of “You Win USA Vacation Resort,†which ran a thriving business at the Carlysle Apartments in Irvine. The company’s primary customers were well-to-do pregnant women, mostly from China, who were sold travel packages that included a place to stay in the United States and people to take care of them before and after...
