Brooklyn man accused of immigration fraud, submitting hundreds of faked
A New York City man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly running an immigration fraud scheme that involved filing over 1,800 fake immigration applications over the past four years, according to a press release from the Department of Justice’s office in Vermont.
Brooklyn resident Arleigh Louison, 53, was arrested by Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agents who executed a federal search warrant at his office, the press release said.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Virginia.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Virginia.
Louison’s arrest comes less than a week after a federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment, charging him with presenting false adjustment of status petitions to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Service Center in St. Albans, Vt.
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, which conducted the probe, said Louison made false statements in connection with Form I-360 petitions for status adjustments under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a law that enables immigrants to become lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. if they were abused by a relative who is a U.S. citizen or LPR.
Louison allegedly submitted false information in the VAWA petitions so petitioners could secure work authorization permits. Last week’s indictment charged that the petitioners – who paid Louison for his services – were not abused as described in the petitions and never discussed abuse with Louison.
ICE ANNOUNCES HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ARRESTED IN RAID OPERATIONS
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont said that Louison filed false statements with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, including more than 1,800 fraudulent applications for over 1,000 petitioners in the last four years.
Louison was scheduled to appear in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York later on Tuesday, according to the press release.
His arraignment in the District of Vermont has not yet been schedule
When God say a nuh your time a just nuh your time
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Didn’t know they were Jamaican
Dis man is a HERO DAMMIT. Let him guh.
This man money up :cystg
I very much doubt he is a lawyer and have exposed these people to the immigration authorities. A lot of these people will eventually be deported. I’m sure they signed he forms saying they were abused. Now that he is caught, they are claiming otherwise.
Wondering what is going to happen to the applications that was a approved and given work permit or the green card ? sad case but this sounds like he had an inside connections.
Him have a good hookup inna immigration
and if he had inside connections at CIS, god forbid, that could blow something even deeper wide open! is it a network in there or just one person? is that person or persons working with other person or persons on the outside just like him who just haven’t got caught? and if so how many fraudulent applications got approved from their avenue? how long has it been going on? how many of those LPR applications led to applicants aquiring citizenship? wonder what was the smoking gun! was it a wistle blower or an audit? and this couldn’t have happen at a worst time given the current climate!