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The Nigerian, whose original name is Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, got United States citizenship by false name Karl Nwabugwu Odike Ifemembi.
He was arrested in April and is due in court next month.
Ifemembi, a 48-year-old, who previously resided in Aliso Viejo, but relocated to Rockville, Maryland, last year, has worked for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for seven years.
United States Department of Justice (DoJ) in a statement said Ifemembi is charged in the complaint with one count of unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship. x
But a court document seen by The Guardian on Friday showed that Ifemembi has been charged with unlawful procurement of United States citizenship, making a false statement on a passport application, the use of Certificate of Naturalization procured by fraud, fraud and misuse of an immigration document, false Statements and aggravated identity theft.
BREAKING NEWS! U.S. govt arrest Nigerian born American fake Department of Homeland Services Immigration officer, MODESTUS NWAGUBWU IFEMEMBI …deceived USCIS to illegally obtain U.S Citizenship under Fake Identity Department of Justice launch full scale investigation into criminal act earlier entered United States on a flight from France to Chicago using a stolen British passport where he altered his own photo under the name ‘Karlos Mourfy’ of Sierra Leone Received asylum, adjust status to lawful permanent resident (green card), applied for U.S. citizenship under another name ‘Karlos Ifemembi’ Suspect facing deportation, to lose citizenship after prison terms BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
A Nigerian man who entered
this country on a stolen British passport, fraudulently obtained U.S.
citizenship and ended up working as a federal immigration officer has, finally,
landed in court.
Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, 48, faces a single count of “unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship.” But this bizarre, two-decade-long chain of events raises countless intriguing questions.
First, the background.
Ifemembi entered the U.S. on
a France-to-Chicago flight in 2000. After immigration agents in the Windy City
detained Ifemembi – who admitted to passport fraud – he was granted asylum.
Approval was based on false claims that his name was “Karlos Mourfy” and a
Nigerian faces 10 years in jail for obtaining U S citizenship using fake identity today.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from today.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fraudulent Asylee Became USCIS Adjudicator
Fraudulent Asylee Became USCIS Adjudicator
By Robert Law
on April 8, 2021
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday Federal Immigration Official Originally from Nigeria Charged with Illegally Obtaining U.S. Citizenship under Fake Identity . While this little-noticed headline sounds like satire from The Onion, it is an embarrassingly real example of the flaws and failures of our immigration vetting.
According to DOJ, Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, originally of Nigeria, was arrested in Maryland on a federal charge that he obtained U.S. citizenship under a false name. According to the unsealed complaint, Ifemembi first entered the United States in 2000 on a flight from France to Chicago using a stolen British passport that he had altered with his own photo. While Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officials detected the fraud, which Ifemembi admitted when confronted, he nonetheless was granted asylum after falsely claim