WOBURN, Mass. (WWLP) - A father and son from Woburn were sentenced to prison last week in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle migrants from Brazil into the United States. Jesse James Moraes, 67, and Hugo Giovanni Moraes, 45, are the owners of two Woburn restaurants, Taste of Brazil/Tudo Na B rasa and The Dog House Bar and Grill. Charging documents stated that the men's conspiracy involved recruiting undocumented Brazilian migrants to come to the U.S. through Mexico without authorization. The co-conspirators allegedly recruited them in exchange for fees between $12,000 and $22,000 per person. New Latino restaurant ‘Boricua Bites’ comes to Springfield The men reportedly encouraged the migrants to make fraudulent claims of asylum and familial relationship in the U.S., and gave them fraudulent information about points of contact they could give to authorities if they were caught. When the migrants arrived in the United States, the co-conspirators aided them in securing long-term housing, including apartments that Hugo's relatives owned. Some of the migrants were arranged to work at the Woburn restaurants that the men owned. Jesse and Hugo Moraes reportedly told the migrants that they employed to obtain false identification documents, referring them to co-defendant Marcos Chacon Gil to do so. The men allowed some of the migrants to pay off some of their smuggling fee by direct payment, withheld wages, or collection by relatives or associates in or outside the U.S. Charging documents further stated that Jesse Moraes transferred funds in and out of the U.S. to promote the migrant smuggling conspiracy and to conduct transactions with the smuggling proceeds with the intent to conceal the operation. Both men were charged with conspiring to encourage and induce an alien to come to, enter, and reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law, for commercial advantage or private financial gain. Jesse Moraes was also charged with money laundering conspiracy. On Friday, Jesse Moraes was sentenced to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Hugo Moraes was sentenced to five months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, with the first five months in home confinement. He was also ordered to pay a $15,000 fine. Local News Headlines Woburn restaurant owners sentenced to prison for migrant smuggling conspiracy Former rep reflects on career, reputation lost to gambling addiction Top 10 parks to visit on National Take a Walk in the Park Day, according to TripAdvisor 22News InFocus: First responder recruitment and training WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com. ...read more read less