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To: SalemsHex who wrote (320)	4/7/2004 12:26:34 AM
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If it'd been, say, a Spanish or Mexican or Russian or French woman, then the sentence would've been 8 hours of community service. Polish woman gets more than 10 years in prison for immigration fraud Associated Press Posted on Tue, Apr. 06, 2004 LOS ANGELES - A Polish woman who pleaded guilty to bilking dozens of immigrants out of thousands of dollars by promising them citizenship was sentenced Tuesday to 121 months in federal prison. Elzbieta Malgorzata Bugajska, 52, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, unlawfully transferring Social Security cards, using a false passport, possessing false immigration documents and aiding and abetting the impersonation of a judge. U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson called her an "incorrigible" criminal, noting her two prior convictions for immigration fraud. In addition to the prison sentence, he ordered Bugajska to pay nearly $350,000 in restitution to the victims. "It appears that her pattern of immigration fraud is only becoming more intricate and bold," the judge said. As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bugajska targeted mostly Filipino and Korean immigrants, telling them she was a former judge and CIA officer who could speed them through the usually lengthy citizenship process - for a fee, often thousands of dollars. The process involved phony citizenship tests and at least one bogus hearing, where a cohort impersonated a judge to make the victims believe they were being sworn in as citizens, prosecutors said. Bugajska also obtained legitimate Social Security cards and numbers for victims through a federal employee who colluded with her over a 15-year period, prosecutors said. Bugajska's three collaborators previously pleaded guilty. John Patrick Bradley, 57, who posed as the judge, was sentenced to six months of home detention and ordered to pay $46,550 in restitution; Yolanda Miel Lubiano, 62, was sentenced to two years probation; and Lorena Velasquez Garcia, 39, the Social Security Administration employee, who was sentenced to two months in prison and two months home detention. mercurynews.com