Canada:
Woman Charged In Immigration Scam
31 October 2017
Devry Smith Frank LLP
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A 61-year-old woman, Sakia Mojadiddi, was charged with fraud for
an alleged immigration scam targeting victims
from the Middle East who wanted to bring their loved ones to
Canada.
She set up an organization called Afghan Refugee Relief where
she had the victims send their money and did not process their
paperwork with the Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada. She also did not have the
authority to submit such paperwork and applications.
The total amount discovered to have been taken from the victims
is around $40,000.
She faces:
- 3 counts of fraud over $5,000
- 3 counts of possession of proceeds obtained by crime
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