Local Immigration Lawyer Arrested On Federal Charges

As noted by the US Department of Justice, a Dallas based immigration attorney was arrested in 2015 on seven counts of various types of fraud related to her practice of allegedly obtaining false U visas for her clients. She later plead guilty to aggravated identity theft when she used a police officer’s badge number, and forged his signature to falsely certify a client’s U visa paperwork. She was only sentenced to 24 months in jail.