The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 21, 2019, 12:05:27 pm
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07/17/2019
Bail bondswoman sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment for smuggling hundreds of aliens into the US
NEW YORK — Pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, Hema Patel, 51, a Texas-based bail bondswoman, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for her role in smuggling hundreds of illegal aliens into the United States. Patel was also ordered to forfeit her Texas residence, two hotels, $7.2 million in bail bonds, $400,000 in cash and 11 gold bars, among other assets. On June 7, 2018, Patel pleaded guilty to alien smuggling for financial gain by fraudulently bonding illegal aliens from immigration custody and causing their release into the United States.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/bail-bondswoman-sentenced-3-years-imprisonment-smuggling-hundreds-aliens-us (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/bail-bondswoman-sentenced-3-years-imprisonment-smuggling-hundreds-aliens-us)
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Sounds like it was incredibly lucrative.
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07/17/2019
Bail bondswoman sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment for smuggling hundreds of aliens into the US
Patel was also ordered to forfeit her Texas residence, two hotels, $7.2 million in bail bonds, $400,000 in cash and 11 gold bars, among other assets.
@rangerrebew
OUCH! THAT's gotta hurt!