New York City Criminal Attorneys » Immigration Fraud http://jpdefense.com/new-york-criminal-defense Criminal Lawyers in NYC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New York City Immigration Legal Service Companies Were Forcibly Shut Down For Fraud http://jpdefense.com/new-york-criminal-defense/2010/08/new-york-city-immigration-legal-service-companies-were-forcibly-shut-down-for-fraud/ http://jpdefense.com/new-york-criminal-defense/2010/08/new-york-city-immigration-legal-service-companies-were-forcibly-shut-down-for-fraud/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:03:59 +0000 BCheung http://jpdefense.com/new-york-criminal-defense/?p=409

Seven immigration service companies throughout New York City has been shut down due to fraudulent and illegal business practices such as misrepresenting their authorization to submit documents on behalf of immigrants to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and giving legal advice when they are not licensed to, etc.

Investigations alleged Centro Santa Ana, Inc. and Ana Lucia Baquero, Margo’s Immigration Services and Margarita Davidov, Miguel Fittipaldi JD., Ltd. and Miguel Fittipaldi, Arthur Hurwitz, Oficina Legal Para Hispanos, P.C. and Geoffrey Stewart, Asilos and Camilo Perdomo, and Mision Hispana.

All seven of these companies are now barred from operating any immigration services businesses, and are required to pay restitution to former clients and a penalty of $370,000 each.

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