Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard allegedly to avoid $16,000 gambling debt
A man jumping Royal Caribbean Authorities, during the weekend, the passenger ship near the port of San Juan – cruise line gambling debt was claimed to avoid paying more than $ 16,000 – he was accused of a federal crime, he said.
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, according to a criminal complaint filed at the US Regional Court on Sunday, began the Rhabapsod of the seas in San Juan Port on August 31st. Porto Rico. Criminal complaint, the cruise ship returned from Barbados on Sunday, he said.
Inspectors said Gonzalez-Diaz was brought to the shore by someone passing a jet ski. The moment was caught in the supervision video.
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz was brought to the shore after jumping from the Rhapsody of the seas near the port of San Juan on September 7, 2025.
According to the court documents, CBP officers later found Gonzalez-Diaz near the Porto Riko Capitol building. It carried $ 14,600 in cash, two phones and five identities.
According to a criminal complaint, Gonzalez-Diaz is accused of trying to avoid financial reporting when traveling to the United States.
As stated in the complaint, Gonzalez-Diaz said that he jumped from the passenger ship to Spanish civil servants because he did not want to report the currency because he thought he would be taxed to bring the currency. “
Royal Caribbean on more investigations, researchers Gonzalez-Diaz was reserved under the name of Jeremy Diaz and according to the complaint to the cruise line $ 16,710.24, he said. He said that the debt is “almost only related to casino and game expenses”.
Other record controls of Gonzalez-Diaz’s multiple identities have shown that a Jeremy Omar Gonzalez-Diaz has been in a federal detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo in Puerto Rico since January. Jey Gonzalez-Diaz told the inspectors that it was his brother.
When he asked for his full name, he said to the researchers, “If you are good at work, you will know that.”
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz was later released on bail, local media Wapa.tv notified.
If he is convicted, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz may encounter Fines up to $ 250,000 Or a maximum of five years of imprisonment or both. It was not immediately clear whether he was a legal representation.
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