Law Firms Are Accused of Aiding Chinese Immigrants False Asylum Claims
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and KIRK SEMPLE
Published: December 18, 2012
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By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and KIRK SEMPLE
Published: December 18, 2012
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 F.B.I. agents during a raid in Chinatown in Manhattan on Tuesday. Twenty-six people, including six lawyers and employees of at least 10 law firms, were arrested in what the authorities said was a plot to orchestrate false asylum claims for Chinese immigrants. They invented woeful tales of persecution for their Chinese clients. Prepped them on how to lie about having had a forced abortion. Even tutored them on religion. In all, 26 people, including 6 lawyers, were charged Tuesday with helping Chinese immigrants submit false asylum claims in an effort to stay in the United States, law enforcement officials said. The indictments describe elaborate schemes based in law offices in Manhattans Chinatown and in Flushing, Queens, which involved teams of paralegals and office managers, translators and a church official, who conspired to dupe immigration officials by inventing stories of political and religious persecution for their clients, officials said. The indictments say female clients who sought asylum based on Chinas one-child policy were encouraged to prepare for asylum interviews by watching Chinese soap operas so they could describe the experience of a forced abortion. Some paralegals were called story writers for their knack for inventing detailed tales of persecution. A church official in Flushing prepared clients for questions on religion by offering basic instruction in Christianity. ......................................... |
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/ny....html?hp&_r=1&
This....well, amazing!