Illegal Starlink sales network in Santa Clara brings sentences of up to five years
Network members were sentenced; transporters received criminal penalties, while recipients faced fines and confiscations.
A group of Cuban men and women received prison sentences of four to five years for belonging to a network selling Starlink antennas illegally in Santa Clara. The events occurred weeks before the Friday referenced in the information. According to the material, confirmation came from people close to defendants' families who were present in court.
The described sanctions distinguish participants by role. Network members received prison terms, and transporters connected with the activity were also criminally sentenced. Recipients reportedly received fines of 100,000 Cuban pesos and had equipment confiscated. The information therefore presents imprisonment, financial penalties and seizure.
The judicial source has an important limit: the information does not come from an officially published judgment or institutional government channel. Confirmation is attributed to people close to defendants' families at the courthouse, not a public judicial document. Details are therefore known through that confirmation rather than an officially published decision.
As market context, Starlink antennas circulate informally despite restrictions at prices above $1,000. That figure concerns the informal-market equipment price, not the case fines. The financial sanction cited for recipients is 100,000 CUP plus confiscation, while transporters faced criminal penalties.
The information also separates sentences for network members from measures applied to others. It is not one shared sanction: prison terms are cited for the group and transporters, with fines and confiscations for recipients. Price information describes informal circulation, while the case concerns illegal commercialization in Santa Clara.