Massive immigration fraud largest in Canadian history

[Romero]

The details of one of Canada's largest immigration scams were laid bare at a sentencing hearing Friday for three Richmond women who helped hundreds of Chinese applicants lie and cheat their way to permanent residency and citizenship.



The Crown says Jin 'Fanny' Ma, Wen 'Vivian' Jiang and Ming Kun 'Makkie' Wu should spend three years behind bars for the work they did as employees for two unlicensed immigration consulting businesses.



All three have pleaded guilty to immigration offences, fraud and falsely claiming tax refunds.



The mastermind behind the scheme, Xun 'Sunny' Wang, has already been sentenced to seven years in jail. He lost an appeal several weeks ago. The scheme's discovery has resulted in reviews of more than 1,200 immigration files.



The scheme started to unravel in 2010, when immigration officials in Edmonton noticed a strange coincidence concerning applications for renewal of permanent resident cards: 63 people appeared to be living in one house.



"Of course, that raised some suspicions," said Macdonald.



They seized 90 boxes of files,18 computers and 200 passports, ultimately ending up with 12 terabytes of information, including tens of thousands of emails. It took a year to get everything translated.



Macdonald said the records detailed fraud relating to passports, immigration, employment and taxation.



Macdonald read portions of emails tying each of the three women to Wang and the hundreds of clients they were in charge of helping. In addition to various other types of fraud, all three were also coaching clients on what to say to border agents when they came into Canada.



None of the women were licensed to work as immigration consultants. And to make matters even worse, all three earned hundreds of thousands in commission which they didn't declare to Revenue Canada.



As a result, they received tens of thousands of dollars back in tax refunds and collected hefty benefits and tax credits to boot.



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[Anonymous]

Thankfully it was not muslims they were bringing in.

[Bricktop]

Is there a point, or are you practicing to become a journalist.



If so, plagiarism is frowned upon.

[priscilla1961]

The details of one of Canada's largest immigration scams were laid bare at a sentencing hearing Friday for three Richmond women who helped hundreds of Chinese applicants lie and cheat their way to permanent residency and citizenship.



The Crown says Jin 'Fanny' Ma, Wen 'Vivian' Jiang and Ming Kun 'Makkie' Wu should spend three years behind bars for the work they did as employees for two unlicensed immigration consulting businesses.



All three have pleaded guilty to immigration offences, fraud and falsely claiming tax refunds.



The mastermind behind the scheme, Xun 'Sunny' Wang, has already been sentenced to seven years in jail. He lost an appeal several weeks ago. The scheme's discovery has resulted in reviews of more than 1,200 immigration files.



The scheme started to unravel in 2010, when immigration officials in Edmonton noticed a strange coincidence concerning applications for renewal of permanent resident cards: 63 people appeared to be living in one house.



"Of course, that raised some suspicions," said Macdonald.



They seized 90 boxes of files,18 computers and 200 passports, ultimately ending up with 12 terabytes of information, including tens of thousands of emails. It took a year to get everything translated.



Macdonald said the records detailed fraud relating to passports, immigration, employment and taxation.



Macdonald read portions of emails tying each of the three women to Wang and the hundreds of clients they were in charge of helping. In addition to various other types of fraud, all three were also coaching clients on what to say to border agents when they came into Canada.



None of the women were licensed to work as immigration consultants. And to make matters even worse, all three earned hundreds of thousands in commission which they didn't declare to Revenue Canada.



As a result, they received tens of thousands of dollars back in tax refunds and collected hefty benefits and tax credits to boot.



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I had China passport Romero. ac_smile

[Anonymous]

Is there a point, or are you practicing to become a journalist.



If so, plagiarism is frowned upon.

What do you think Crow? Deflecting from the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room which is Islamic immigration.

[Bricktop]

Well, I confess it had crossed my mind...but then again, I thought "nah...I'm just overly cynical".

[Anonymous]

Well, I confess it had crossed my mind...but then again, I thought "nah...I'm just overly cynical".

You are not cynical enough.

[cc]

I suppose next he'll start a Duke thread

[Bricktop]

Daisy Duke?



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[cc]

lol, you get points, but no cigar ... not that Duke family ... you silly boy

[cc]

Massive immigration fraud largest in Canadian history

Not so. The largest immigration fraud is by our govt. ..... it's bringing in 1000s of Sunnis

[GORDY GAMBINO]

Daisy Duke



rr 11 / 10

[Anonymous]

Daisy Duke?



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Where is Catherine Bach these days?

[Yeah Right]

Where is Catherine Bach these days?

Here's a pic from last year I googled up.  



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[Bricktop]

Ouch.



Talk about letting yourself go...