Bonnie Monique Youn, Immigration Fraud and Witness Tampering, Georgia 2015

Immigration Attorney Faces Additional Charges for Alleged Immigration Fraud and Witness Tampering

ATLANTA – Bonnie Monique Youn, a 45-year-old Atlanta resident, has been arraigned on additional federal charges of visa fraud, alien harboring, and witness tampering.

According to Acting United States Attorney John Horn, the charges allege that Youn submitted false documentation on behalf of three new clients who were aliens seeking immigration status in the United States.

The charges include two new counts of visa fraud, two new counts of alien harboring, and two new counts of witness tampering. Youn has been previously released on a $25,000 unsecured bond and ordered to surrender her United States passport.

‘The additional charges against this attorney reflect that her illegal actions on behalf of certain immigration clients are more extensive,’ said Acting United States Attorney John Horn. ‘Instead of working within the bounds of the law, she filed false immigration documents with the U.S. Government and encouraged several clients to lie to federal agents who were conducting an investigation.’

‘The defendant, who swore to uphold the law, instead allegedly sought to enrich herself by undermining the integrity of our immigration system by filing false documents,’ said acting Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin, ICE Homeland Security Investigations in Atlanta. ‘To compound these initial crimes, the defendant now stands accused of tampering with witnesses in the investigation in a failed attempt to conceal her illicit activities.’

Youn was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill. The superseding indictment, which added charges against Youn, was returned by a federal grand jury on January 27, 2015.

Members of the public are reminded that the indictment only contains charges. The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

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