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Wednesday, November 1, 2000
Volume:
16
Issue:
11
1024
Abstract:
The U.S. Government has brought two indictments against lawyers and professional immigration advisors – one indictment for immigration and investment fraud and the second for immigration smuggling.
1. Immigration Fraud
On August 10, 2000, an indictment was returned in U.S. District Court in Alexandria against James A. Geisler, 47, and James F. O’Connor, 43, on charges of immigration fraud, money laundering, and misusing their clients money in connection with the EB-5 visa program that provides green cards to aliens who invest $500,000 in a U.S. business that creates ten jobs in a rural or poor area...[more]