Immigration attorneys plead guilty to asylum fraud scheme

Between November 2018 and December 2021, a Brooklyn-based immigration law firm allegedly advised clients to seek asylum by falsely claiming that they were members of the LGBTQ community who suffered persecution in their native countries, understanding that those clients did not legitimately qualify for asylum. They also coached certain clients to lie in asylum interviews conducted by USCIS asylum officers and represented these clients as they lied under oath during immigration proceedings.