California Immigration Services Executives Face Charges for Alleged Asylum Applications Scam

The executives fabricated stories of persecution in China, such as Beijing’s forced abortion policy or the oppression against the Christian faith.
California Immigration Services Executives Face Charges for Alleged Asylum Applications Scam
A person looks over a welcome packet during a naturalization ceremony at Damrosch Park in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sept. 17, 2021. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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Two executives of an immigration services company in California have been charged with inserting false statements into asylum applications and encouraging clients to lie during asylum interviews, prosecutors said.

Dongquan “Derek” Jin and Yimin “Kelly” Lu have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly aiding and abetting false statements on asylum applications, according to an Oct. 11 statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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