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hrmjustin

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Wed Apr 16, 2014, 02:10 PM Apr 2014

Thirty People Have Been Convicted for Participating in Asylum Fraud Ring

Albert Samaha


Federal prosecutors notched three more convictions this week of defendants accused of filing false asylum claims for immigrant clients. That brings the total to 30.

On Tuesday, a jury in Manhattan federal court found Ling Liu, Vanessa Bandrich, and Rui Yang guilty of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. The three were arrested in the December 2012 FBI sweep that targeted lawyers and staffers suspected of coaching Chinese immigrants on how to lie about their past to be eligible for asylum.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/04/three_more_convicted_asylum_fraud_ring.php

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