Attorney jailed for ‘large-scale’ immigration fraud on Caribbean immigrants

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Attorney jailed for ‘large-scale’ immigration fraud on Caribbean immigrants

NEW YORK, CMC – A former immigration attorney has been sentenced to prison for 70 months for 'large-scale' immigration fraud on Caribbean and other immigrants. Matthew Podolsky, acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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