The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is suing a Woodbury couple and their companies, alleging they funded a lavish lifestyle by falsely promising thousands of clients that their family members who live abroad would obtain U.S. tourist visas.
The lawsuit filed Dec. 22, 2025, in Hennepin County District Court names as defendants Christian Palacios, 34, and Juan Diego Guevara Sanchez, 28, along with their Bloomington-based companies Nueva Vision, Nueva Vision Multiservicios and Multinacional Express.
The suit seeks restitution for thousands of clients as well as monetary penalties, along with a court injunction halting the alleged fraud that the state Attorney General’s Office said “emotionally and financially harmed hundreds of Minnesotans, and thousands of people across the United States.”
The Minnesota Star Tribune reached out to the defendants for a response to the allegations and received the response: “On the recommendation of our lawyers, we cannot make comments at this time.”
Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement announcing the lawsuit, “No one should be taken advantage of because they miss their family. But that’s what [the] defendants did. They aggressively targeted people who had not seen their parents or siblings for years, offering to obtain tourist visas for people by submitting visa applications on their family members’ behalf.”
“I filed this lawsuit so no one else is harmed or defrauded into giving up their savings, because someone saw people’s love of their families as a way to scam hard-working Minnesotans.”
The website for one of the companies says its staff members “have helped many families reunite. Their relatives have obtained 10-year tourist visas to visit them in the United States.”
“Let us help you and together build walls of love, hugs and united families. Your dream is also our dream,” it went on to say.
