A Royal Caribbean cruise guest onboard the Rhapsody of the Seas reportedly jumped off the cruise near the Port of San Juan to avoid paying off over $16,000 in gambling debt to the cruise line.?

According to CBS News, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz is now charged with a federal crime for avoiding monetary reporting requirements when returning to the U.S. and faces a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison sentence up to five years, or both.

The ship was returning to San Juan on Sunday, August 31 when the incident happened. Gonzalez-Diaz jumped overboard as the ship disembarked around 9:15 a.m., when U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection was occurring.?

The criminal complaint reported that the man was then brought to shore by someone on a jet ski, which was captured on surveillance video. When CBP officers found him near the Puerto Rico Capitol Building, they arrested him, finding $14,600 in cash, two phones and five IDs on his person.?

The complaint also says Gonzalez-Diaz explained his actions, telling officers in Spanish he did what he did because ¡°"he did not want to report the currency on his possession because he thought he was going to be taxed duties for bring[ing] in the currency."

Royal Caribbean also told authorities that he was booked under the name Jeremy Diaz, and that he owed exactly $16,710.24 to the cruise line from gambling.?

He has since been released on bail.?

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