US EditionSeveral Louisiana officers are arrested and accused in a bribery scheme to help foreign nationals get visas
LOUISIANA, JUL 16 – Five Louisiana law enforcement officials and a businessman face federal charges for a decade-long scheme filing hundreds of false police reports to fraudulently obtain U-visas, prosecutors said.
- Three Louisiana police chiefs were arrested in connection with a bribery scheme involving false police reports for immigrants, according to U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
- The police officials received $5,000 for each falsified report, involving hundreds of names, as stated by Van Hook.
- A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals, including police chiefs and a Subway restaurant operator, on multiple charges, as announced by a federal prosecutor.
- The Subway operator is accused of paying $5,000 to falsely claim that certain foreign nationals were victims of non-existent armed robberies, according to Van Hook.
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Five Louisiana officials, including police chiefs, face charges for a visa fraud scheme involving bribes
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Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in alleged visa fraud scheme
Federal authorities have charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking bribes in exchange for filing false police reports that would allow noncitizens to seek a visa that lets certain crime victims stay in the U.S. U.S. Attorney…
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