On December 17, 2021, Duc Hanh Thi Vu was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, to time served, 60 days of supervised release, $29,219 in restitution, a $10,000 fine, and $100 special assessment. Vu was also ordered to forfeit an aircraft to the Government. On October 3, Vu had been convicted of filing a false tax return. Vu had also been indicted for passport fraud, making false statements to a DOT-OIG agent, employing an airman without a valid airman’s certificate, and filing false tax returns.