A former Chicopee police officer has been sentenced to a $5,000 fine for immigration fraud, in a case that exposed a web of deceit and lies.
Nhac Duy Truong, a 44-year-old resident of East Longmeadow, was found guilty of immigration fraud after he submitted two petitions for a claimed alien fiancée, who was in fact the sister of his common law wife.
In 2008 and 2009, Truong submitted the petitions, claiming he had never lived with his common law wife and never met her in person. However, it was later revealed that he had lived with her and she is the mother of his two children.
The deceitful acts were uncovered when Truong signed a sworn affidavit in support of his second petition for his common law wife’s sister in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on February 15, 2011.
The affidavit falsely stated that he had never lived with his common law wife and never met her in person, when in fact he had been living with her and she is the mother of his two children.
Truong’s actions have had far-reaching consequences, including his resignation from the Chicopee Police Department, where he served as a police officer since 2004. He has also agreed to never seek employment in law enforcement again.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Breslow of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling’s Springfield Branch Office, in conjunction with the United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Boston Field Office.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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