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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

ET - US visa-fraud scheme broken up in Brazil

From my archive of press clippings:

Economic Times

US visa-fraud scheme broken up in Brazil

8 Dec 2009, 0400 hrs IST, AGENCIES

SAO PAULO: Authorities arrested 11 people on Monday in an alleged US work-visa scam that raked in more than $50 million from thousands of Brazilians since 2002.

Read the whole article here.

Snippet(s):

"Some of those scammed went to the US and wound up as illegal aliens because promised jobs didn't exist.

Brazilians seeking temporary working visas were charged up to $15,000 each in what a statement from the US Consulate called one of the largest cases of US visa fraud ever."

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"Officials from the US Consulate in Sao Paulo said American lawyers suspected of involvement are under investigation but none has been charged."




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