[lg policy] New York ATTORNEY GENERAL SHUTS DOWN THREE NOTARIO OPERATIONS; SUES THREE OTHERS

[Harold Schiffman]

NY ATTORNEY GENERAL SHUTS DOWN THREE NOTARIO OPERATIONS; SUES THREE OTHERS
The latest in the crackdown nationally on immigration services firms
that are operating fraudulently.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his Office has
shut down three New York companies providing unauthorized and
fraudulent legal services to immigrant communities, in the latest
stages of his ongoing investigation into immigration fraud. Under the
terms of the agreements secured by Cuomo’s Office, Immigration
Solutions and Systems, Inc. of New York, Alisandra Multiservices, Inc.
of Brentwood, Long Island, and All Immigration Services of Great Neck,
Long Island are permanently barred from operating a business that
provides immigration-related services and must collectively pay
approximately $118,000 in penalties

Cuomo also announced separate lawsuits filed today in New York State
Supreme Court against three additional companies providing legal
services to immigrants which they were neither authorized nor
accredited to provide. According to the lawsuits filed today in New
York State Supreme Court, Immigration Community Service Corporation of
Manhattan, and Professional Solutions Consultants (doing business as
Reliable Clerical Services and Reliable Immigration Services), and
Centro Santa Ana, both located in Queens, offered legal counsel to
immigrants without being licensed attorneys or having the proper
accreditation. In thousands of cases across New York City and Long
Island, these companies unlawfully filed immigration petitions with
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on behalf
of immigrants and their families, jeopardizing efforts to obtain legal
status.

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The lawsuits against Immigration Community Service Corporation,
Professional Solutions Consultants, and Centro Santa Ana allege that
the companies and their owners not only gave unlicensed legal advice
and fraudulently filed petitions with USCIS, but also failed to
provide consumers with written contracts in both the consumer’s native
language and English, as required by law. The lawsuits seek to
permanently bar the companies and their owners from providing
immigration-related services in the future and seek penalties for
these actions.

Senator Jose M. Serrano (D-Manhattan/Bronx) said: "Attorney General
Cuomo has led the fight against abusive and illegal companies like
these that take advantage of NY's immigrant communities. His continued
efforts are giving a voice to thousands of New Yorkers whose rights
have been ignored for too long."

Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan) said: "New York was built
on the backs of immigrant communities. We owe our very history to
those brave individuals and families who left their homes to pursue
the promise and opportunity this State has to offer. I applaud
Attorney General Cuomo's ongoing fight to protect the diversity that
defines us, and remain committed to working with his Office as these
efforts continue."

http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/08/ny-attorney-general-shuts-down-three-notario-operations-sues-three-others.html



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