Khatija Khan, Immigration Fraud, Connecticut 2023

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South Windsor Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Immigration Scam

A South Windsor woman, Khatija Khan, 41, has been sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy and fraud offenses related to a scheme through which individuals seeking immigration services were defrauded.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Khan and her husband, Babar Khan, operated JLLAS CORP. and EIMAAN LLC, which were created to provide services to clients involved in proceedings with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). From 2015 to 2020, the Khans recruited clients who sought some form of immigration status, relief or benefit.

Many of these clients were aliens residing in the U.S. without legal status and had limited education, a limited ability to understand English, and little to no knowledge of the documents that the Khans were filing with USCIS on their behalf.

Khatija Khan represented herself as an attorney with a background in immigration matters, even though she was not an attorney. The Khans prepared petitions and applications for their clients that contained information that they knew to be false. They also fabricated false documents to support their clients’ applications with USCIS without their clients’ knowledge.

The victims identified to date have lost at least $326,212 as a result of this scheme. Judge Underhill ordered Khatija Kahn to pay full restitution.

Khatija Khan pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of mail fraud on November 19, 2021. She is required to report to prison on December 14.

Her husband, Babar Khan, is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return. This matter is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, with assistance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Chen.