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Immigration

Sep. 29, 2010

Immigration Lawyers Sentenced

One year after a jury convicted three lawyers and two interpreters of filing hundreds of false asylum claims, a federal judge in Sacramento has sentenced the defendants to lengthy prison sentences.

By Emily Green

Daily Journal Staff Writer

One year after a jury convicted three lawyers and two interpreters of filing hundreds of false asylum claims, a federal judge in Sacramento has sentenced the defendants to lengthy prison terms.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. sentenced Jagprit Singh Sekhon, 39, to nine years in prison. Sekhon's brother and former partner at the now-defunct Sacramento-based Sekhon...

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