By Joe Guzzardi
11/20/2004
On November 16, the Los Angeles Daily News reported (Valley Four Accused of Visa Fraud, by Troy Anderson) that four prominent Iranians — three business people and one attorney — were arrested on charges of filing bogus employment visa applications on behalf of hundreds of Iranian nationals.
The defendants were paid from $8,000 to $30,000 per visa for their services.
One man received a visa to come to the U.S. to work in a pizza parlor even though he acknowledged that he had never worked in a restaurant and knew nothing about the food service industry.
According to U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, only 13% of those who received visas actually went to work for the petitioning employers.
I.C.E. described the scam as one of the largest ever in Southern California.
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