USCIS HELPS SECURE CONVICTION IN ALBANY COUNTY VISA FRAUD CASE

The USCIS assisted in the investigation that led to a successful jury vote, last month, to convict Dalia Lita, age 55, of Latham, N.Y.; Elina Rahman, age 45 of Watervliet, N.Y.; and Lubna Rahman age 45, of Watervliet, of conspiracy to commit visa fraud by submitting false information to the U.S. government in order to obtain immigrant visas. Homeland Security Officers in Albany assisted ICE special investigators by confirming and identifying fraud in these cases. Evidence presented during the 3-day trial established that in 2001, Lita filed petitions for her sisters Elina and Lubna with USCIS, knowing that those petitions contained false statements meant to conceal their true identities and prior, illegal residence in the U.S. In addition, as part of the criminal conspiracy, Elina and Lubna Rahman filed applications for family-based immigrant visas in 2012, knowing that the applications also contained the same false statements. Based on the false information the sisters provided, Elina Rahman and Lubna Rahman were issued immigrant visas although they were ineligible to enter the United states lawfully. Each of the sisters faces up to 5 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine, when they are sentenced on Jan. 14, 2019.

The point of this story is that it is a crime, and therefore, not a good idea, to try to trick the USCIS, or the State Department, into giving a visa, or visas, to family members.

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The Law Office of Irwin Berowitz specializes in providing legal services to immigrants. These services encompass a broad range of areas, from representation before the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services or the Immigration Court, to helping the immigrant obtain post-conviction relief. If you want to make sure that your case is properly handled from the very start, contact us immediately for a free in-person consultation so that you can tell us about your case privately and safely. At the time of the free consultation, we will let you know the likely outcome of your case, and what approach and strategy we would pursue to obtain a successful result for you. We will fight to give you peace of mind and to give your case the best possibility for success. To learn more about our practice, feel free to click on the links on this webpage or contact us by telephone or email. Remember, your first meeting with us in our office is free. All names on these posts have been changed to protect the identities of former clients. Any similarity to any one particular case or person(s) is purely coincidental.

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