The Washington Times
A 21-year-old Silver Spring legal assistant has pleaded guilty to charges that he participated in a scam providing illegal aliens with fraudulently obtained green cards.
Elnor Veliev was indicted, along with two D.C. lawyers, their law firms and another legal assistant, on April 26 for filing false labor-certification applications with the U.S. Labor Department and false petitions for green cards with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on behalf of more than 140 aliens between April 2001 and May 2005.
Veliev, an Azerbaijani national and not a U.S. citizen, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced Dec. 15. He also could be deported, officials said.
"America's immigration and labor laws are undermined by schemes to secure green cards based on false representations about employment," U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein said.
Veliev, fellow legal assistant Alp Canseven, 30, of the District, and lawyers Irwin Jay Fredman, 72, of Bethesda, and Sergei Danilov, 44, of McLean, all were included in the 149-count indictment.
The law firms of both lawyers also were named in the indictment: I. Jay Fredman P.C. and Sergei Danilov and Associates LLC, both in Northwest.
Posted by Suzanne at September 28, 2005