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Chicopee Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud
A Chicopee police officer has pleaded guilty to immigration fraud charges. Nhac Duy Truong, 44, of East Longmeadow, pleaded guilty to one count of immigration fraud in federal court in Springfield.
Truong, a police officer since 2004, will resign from the Chicopee Police Department and never seek employment in law enforcement as part of his plea agreement. He was charged in November 2018.
In 2008 and 2009, Truong submitted two petitions for a claimed alien fiancée, who was in fact the sister of his common law wife. On Feb. 15, 2011, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Truong signed a sworn affidavit in support of his second petition for his common law wife’s sister that falsely stated he had never lived with his common law wife and never met her in person.
Truong had lived with his common law wife and she is the mother of his two children. The charge of immigration fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and William Gannon, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Boston Field Office, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Breslow of Lelling’s Springfield Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
Sentencing for Truong has been scheduled for May 29, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni. Truong’s guilty plea marks the end of a long investigation into his actions.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts will continue to investigate and prosecute public corruption cases to ensure that those who abuse their positions of trust are held accountable.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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