A Gujarati man has come under the scanner in the US for allegedly providing forged American green cards to illegal immigrants.
A native of Matar taluka in Kheda, the man, had moved to the US in 2007. The Pennsylvania resident is accused of posing as an Indian embassy employee and carrying an identity card showing him as a district officer in New York.
The 33-yr-old’s name emerged within the undocumented immigrant community when he allegedly took $70,000 from a woman from Kheda in exchange for a green card.
However, when she received the card, she found it to be of substandard quality, with a silver stamp on the head that tore out easily.
When she questioned him about the card’s authenticity, he gave an unsatisfactory answer and offered to return the money to her.
The man has reportedly provided such green cards to immigrants from Punjab, Delhi and Gujarat.
A source privy to the developments in the case said, “The man usually offers green cards in the IR-1 category, also called spouse green cards, by presenting his clients as being married to American citizens. He also offers employment-based green cards for researchers and investors, claiming to have links with the Indian embassy and the US agencies. However, the cards are printed in China.”
One of the victims allegedly duped by the accused said that he was taken to a location where his biometrics were taken. “I received my green card in a couple of minutes. I later learned that it was a counterfeit,” the victim said. Another source said that the man might have access to green card records.
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