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Several Louisiana officers are arrested and accused in a bribery scheme to help foreign nationals get visas
LOUISIANA, JUL 16 – Five men, including three Louisiana police chiefs, face 62 federal charges for a decade-long scheme creating false police reports to fraudulently secure U-visas for immigrants.
- Three Louisiana police chiefs were arrested in connection with a bribery scheme involving false police reports for immigrants, according to U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
- The police officials received $5,000 for each falsified report, involving hundreds of names, as stated by Van Hook.
- A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals, including police chiefs and a Subway restaurant operator, on multiple charges, as announced by a federal prosecutor.
- The Subway operator is accused of paying $5,000 to falsely claim that certain foreign nationals were victims of non-existent armed robberies, according to Van Hook.
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