The jury trial for one of four persons indicted for allegedly defrauding U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over applications for CW-1 non-immigrant visas began yesterday at the U.S. District Court for the NMI. <\/p>\n
The jury trial for Servillana Soriano, who is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States for her alleged involvement in a CW-1 petition scheme back in 2019, kicked off and concluded with the selection of a jury. <\/p>\n
The 13 jurors will return to court today to hear opening arguments. <\/p>\n
Soriano\u2019s co-conspirators\u2014Aminul Islam, Halim Khan, and Faroque Hose\u2014were also charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. To date, Islam and Hosen have both pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n
Back on Feb. 16, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona sentenced Islam to one-week imprisonment, one year of supervised release, and 25 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $100 assessment fee.<\/p>\n
Hosen\u2019s sentencing has been scheduled for July 23, 2021, at 1:30pm.<\/p>\n
As for Halim Khan, his jury trial will start on Aug. 29, 2021.<\/p>\n
According to indictment, Soriano and her co-conspirators agreed to defraud the United States by deceitful and dishonest means for the purpose of impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful government functions of a government agency, USCIS, in the fair and objective evaluation of CW-1 non-immigrant visa applications.<\/p>\n
The indictment stated that RES International LLC would submit a petition for CW-1 classification in exchange for money that would falsely and fraudulently represent that an employer-employee relationship exists between RES and the beneficiaries under the employment terms. <\/p>\n
The primary purpose of the application was allegedly to obtain legal status for those beneficiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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