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Immigration

Apr. 29, 2009

Attorneys Are Accused of Asylum Fraud

Three immigration lawyers and two translators, all from the same firm, are in trial in Sacramento on charges of filing dozens of fraudulent asylum claims, using counterfeit documents to corroborate stories of abuse and persecution.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Three immigration lawyers and two of their firm's translators are being tried in a Sacramento federal court on charges of filing dozens of fraudulent asylum claims, often using counterfeit documents to corroborate stories of abuse and persecution.

Jagprit Singh Sekhon, 39, and Jagdip Singh Sekhon, 42, brothers and partners at Sekhon & Sekhon and a third lawyer from the firm, Manjit Kaur Rai, 33, a...

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