Charged with defrauding more than three dozen undocumented immigrants after promising to help them with immigration paperwork, Eblin Balver was sentenced Tuesday, June 16, to seven years in prison. In a plea agreement with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, the 53-year-old woman pleaded no contest to a plea of no contest, ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday, March 5, 2020 that, to protect the integrity of the H-2B visa program, it will take steps to combat abuse and fraud. It also stipulated that it will make 35,000 more H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for the second ... Read more
The State Bar of California closed two law offices of Judith Gil, the woman accused of defrauding dozens of immigrants by posing as an attorney who could help them obtain legal residency when she could not.
Posing as a lawyer, Romina Aida Zadorian defrauded dozens of immigrants. Now, she will go to prison. Zadorian, 49, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of grand larceny, two counts of extortion and three counts of false government documents, all felonies ... Read more
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed multiple criminal charges against three immigration consultants, accusing them of defrauding immigrants. Now, they are seeking the public's help in finding more victims. According to the District Attorney's Office, Judith Gil, 65, and her daughter Minerva Gil, 36, and Eddie Rivas ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and consulates of countries neighboring the United States warn that they have discovered a new form of telephone scam targeting immigrants. Scammers posing as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, U.S. ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I explain why you should report people who defraud immigrants as soon as possible without fear. This is the column: Unscrupulous people continue to prey on immigrants who need to fix their legal status in the United States, defrauding them and putting their status in the country at risk. Three ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week, I explain how to avoid falling victim to unscrupulous lawyers. Here is the column: In every profession there are some bad apples. Unfortunately, there are also unscrupulous people in the legal field, including lawyers, although they are in the minority. The problem is that a single unscrupulous lawyer can cause ... Read more
Former immigration attorney Yehlen "Mary" Dorothea Brooks, who had lost her license to practice law, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of grand theft for defrauding dozens of immigrants who paid thousands of dollars for services she did not provide. In exchange for her plea bargain, Brooks is expected to receive ... Read more
A Los Angeles woman stole the identity of a New York attorney and, using her credentials, scammed several immigrants, charging them thousands of dollars for alleged immigration paperwork she never performed, federal authorities say. Jessica Godoy Ramos, 36, who faces criminal charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, ... Read more
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