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."
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, September 17, 2009
USA-T - Accused Americans could be stuck in Brazil for months
From my archive of press clippings:
USA Today
Accused Americans could be stuck in Brazil for months
Updated 7/9/2009 3:31 PM
By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY
Three U.S. graduate students arrested last month for suspected poaching and visa violations could be stranded in a remote corner of Brazil for months as their case goes through the courts, their lawyer says.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"University of Arizona geoscientists Michael McGlue, 31, and Mark Trees, 48, and University of Minnesota-Duluth student Kelly Wendt, 26, were arrested by federal police June 16 while working on a climate change project with the University of the State of Sao Paulo. The Americans spent eight nights in jail before being released on bail June 26. Police confiscated their passports as well as computers, research equipment, cellphones and cash."
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"State Department spokeswoman Laura Tischler said U.S. diplomats had spoken with the men but suggested there was little they could do.
"The traveler really needs to check what the requirements are by checking the embassy websites," she said. "Once you travel and are in another country, you are subject to local law." "
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USA Today
Accused Americans could be stuck in Brazil for months
Updated 7/9/2009 3:31 PM
By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY
Three U.S. graduate students arrested last month for suspected poaching and visa violations could be stranded in a remote corner of Brazil for months as their case goes through the courts, their lawyer says.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"University of Arizona geoscientists Michael McGlue, 31, and Mark Trees, 48, and University of Minnesota-Duluth student Kelly Wendt, 26, were arrested by federal police June 16 while working on a climate change project with the University of the State of Sao Paulo. The Americans spent eight nights in jail before being released on bail June 26. Police confiscated their passports as well as computers, research equipment, cellphones and cash."
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"State Department spokeswoman Laura Tischler said U.S. diplomats had spoken with the men but suggested there was little they could do.
"The traveler really needs to check what the requirements are by checking the embassy websites," she said. "Once you travel and are in another country, you are subject to local law." "
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
WDIO - UMD Grad Student Arrested in Brazil
From my archive of press clippings:
WDIO
UMD Grad Student Arrested in Brazil
Updated at: 07/07/2009 9:32 AMBy: Kim Johnson
A University of Minnesota-Duluth graduate student is among a group recently arrested in Brazil.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Kelly Wendt, 26, from UMD and two other geology students from the University of Arizona went to southwest Brazil last month to conduct a climate change research project.
All three were arrested by federal police on June 16, according to UMD spokesperson Susan Beasy Latto."
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"The state department is aware of this case. A spokesperson says the department will work within the parameter of Brazilian law to help the students."
WDIO
UMD Grad Student Arrested in Brazil
Updated at: 07/07/2009 9:32 AMBy: Kim Johnson
A University of Minnesota-Duluth graduate student is among a group recently arrested in Brazil.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Kelly Wendt, 26, from UMD and two other geology students from the University of Arizona went to southwest Brazil last month to conduct a climate change research project.
All three were arrested by federal police on June 16, according to UMD spokesperson Susan Beasy Latto."
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"The state department is aware of this case. A spokesperson says the department will work within the parameter of Brazilian law to help the students."
Thursday, March 12, 2009
NJJN - Father sees hopeful sign in global custody battle. Tinton Falls man is heartened by ruling of Brazilian court.
New Jersey Jewish News
Father sees hopeful sign in global custody battle. Tinton Falls man is heartened by ruling of Brazilian court.
by Jill Huber
NJJN Bureau Chief/Monmouth
March 3, 2009
There may some light on the horizon for David Goldman, the Tinton Falls resident whose eight-year-old son remains in Brazil, a seeming pawn in a custody battle that has drawn global attention.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Goldman and his team had sought to transfer the case to the federal level, which is more knowledgeable of the mandate of the international Hague Abduction Convention, and presumably more favorable to the claims of a father like Goldman whose child has been taken to another country."
Father sees hopeful sign in global custody battle. Tinton Falls man is heartened by ruling of Brazilian court.
by Jill Huber
NJJN Bureau Chief/Monmouth
March 3, 2009
There may some light on the horizon for David Goldman, the Tinton Falls resident whose eight-year-old son remains in Brazil, a seeming pawn in a custody battle that has drawn global attention.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Goldman and his team had sought to transfer the case to the federal level, which is more knowledgeable of the mandate of the international Hague Abduction Convention, and presumably more favorable to the claims of a father like Goldman whose child has been taken to another country."
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"A Hague Convention application may be filed when a child is taken or retained across an international border away from the child’s habitual residence without the consent of a parent who has rights of custody. According to the convention, the child must be promptly returned to the habitual residence unless the return creates a risk to the youngster."Sunday, February 15, 2009
AP - Congressman aids American in Brazil custody fight
AP
Congressman aids American in Brazil custody fight
By ALAN CLENDENNING – 4 days ago
SAO PAULO (AP) — An American man who has waged a four-year custody battle for his son in Brazil brought a U.S. congressman along Thursday to help make his case to the country's courts and politicians.
Read the whole article here.
Congressman aids American in Brazil custody fight
By ALAN CLENDENNING – 4 days ago
SAO PAULO (AP) — An American man who has waged a four-year custody battle for his son in Brazil brought a U.S. congressman along Thursday to help make his case to the country's courts and politicians.
Read the whole article here.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
MDN - Milford man charged with lying to get passport
From my archive of press clippings:
Milford Daily News
Milford man charged with lying to get passport
By GHS
Posted Nov 20, 2008 @ 09:32 PM
WORCESTER — A Milford man was indicted, arraigned and detained Wednesday after officials say the "illegal alien" falsely claimed he was a U.S. citizen on an application for a passport, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Ruben Faria Rosa, aka Rubin F. Rosa, aka Juan Luis Perez Alvarez, 25, of 81 School St., Apt. No. 5, Milford, was charged in the indictment with false representation of U.S. citizenship and making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport, according to U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and James Ennis, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service."
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"If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the false representation charge and three years in prison for the making false statements in an application charge.
That would be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
After completing the sentence he would then face deportation to Brazil, his native country, according to the press release."
Milford Daily News
Milford man charged with lying to get passport
By GHS
Posted Nov 20, 2008 @ 09:32 PM
WORCESTER — A Milford man was indicted, arraigned and detained Wednesday after officials say the "illegal alien" falsely claimed he was a U.S. citizen on an application for a passport, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Ruben Faria Rosa, aka Rubin F. Rosa, aka Juan Luis Perez Alvarez, 25, of 81 School St., Apt. No. 5, Milford, was charged in the indictment with false representation of U.S. citizenship and making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport, according to U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and James Ennis, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service."
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"If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the false representation charge and three years in prison for the making false statements in an application charge.
That would be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
After completing the sentence he would then face deportation to Brazil, his native country, according to the press release."
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