Tag: visa fraud
Lopez Munongo Makengo, Visa Fraud, Iowa 2022
⏱ 2 min read Lopez Munongo Makengo, a 36-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been found guilty of visa fraud in Sioux City, Iowa. Makengo, who won the Diversity Visa lottery in 2014, was convicted of unlawful possession and use of identification documents after a 3-day trial. The verdict came after…
Mitul Patel, Visa Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mitul Patel, a 40-year-old Indian national, was part of a sophisticated visa fraud scheme in Massachusetts, where he and his co-conspirators staged armed robberies of convenience stores to help clerks falsely claim they were crime victims on immigration applications. The scheme, which involved at least six stores in Massachusetts and elsewhere,…
Bienvenu Saido Binyangi, Visa Fraud, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Bienvenu Saido Binyangi, a 37-year-old citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pleaded guilty to visa fraud in December 2025 after misusing a B1/B2 visa to reunite with his family in the Northern District of Iowa. Binyangi entered the United States in 2023, but instead of staying temporarily for business…
Erik Rangel-Martinez, Human Trafficking, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Western Texas is about to get a whole lot hotter for human smugglers and sex offenders. In a massive crackdown, federal prosecutors filed 281 new immigration cases, targeting those who’d bring others in – and those who’d hide out in plain sight. At the center of it all: Encarnacion Lopez-Sanchez, aka…
Rosmery Morales-Mejia, Fraud and Misuse of Visas, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rosmery Morales-Mejia, a 27-year-old Mexican national, pleaded guilty to using a counterfeit Green Card to obtain employment at the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in Nitro, West Virginia. Between June 28, 2025, and January 16, 2026, Morales-Mejia used the fake document to work at the restaurant, where she and her husband, Wilmar…
Savannah Trio Indicted for Armed Robbery and Visa Fraud, Savannah G…
⏱ 3 min read Three Savannah residents are in deep trouble with the feds after a recent indictment alleges they were involved in an armed robbery and an immigration “facilitation” scheme. The trio – names are still being closely held – are accused of holding up an undisclosed target at gunpoint, then allegedly extending their…
