ME: Woman sentenced for immigration fraud

[Jean]

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[Sorry Jean, I think this is the 'other' Portland - eg. Maine, not my area OR... I edited the thread title]

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Woman sentenced for immigration fraud
Oct 16, 2007
Portland woman who moved to the United States from Canada has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in jail on immigration charges.

Dona Daoud Adam, 38, moved to Canada in 1993 and obtained citizenship there in 1999 using her real name, Amina Ismail-Youssouff. In 1999 the Somali native moved to the United States, changed her name and obtained asylum status under fraudulent pretenses by failing to disclose she was a Canadian resident and already had received immigration benefits in that country.

She moved to Maine in 2002 and used her fraudulent status to receive welfare benefits. Adam, a former board member of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project of Maine, pleaded guilty June 28 to two counts of making false statements to obtain food stamps, Medicaid benefits, federal student financial aid and other benefits.

She also had pleaded guilty in February 2006 to making false statements to an immigration officer when she was interviewed for permanent resident status in the United States.

In addition to the prison sentence, Adam was ordered to pay $120,917.69 in restitution. She will be deported when she completes her prison term.

http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/017261.html

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U.S. Department of Justice
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James Chapman October 16, 2007 Assistant U.S. Attorney
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http://portland.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/200 ... 101607.pdf

Portland Woman Sentenced on Immigration and Fraud Charges
Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney for the District of Maine, announced today that on October 15, 2007, Chief Judge George Z. Singal sentenced Dona Daoud Adam, also known as Amina Ismail-Youssouff, in U.S. District Court in Portland, to 12 months and one day in jail to be followed by three years of supervised release. Adam previously pleaded guilty on June 28, 2007 to using an immigration document obtained under false pretenses, lying to an immigration officer, and two counts of making false statements to U.S. government agencies to obtain food stamps, TANF and Parents as Scholars funds, Medicaid benefits and federal student financial aid. In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Singal also ordered that the defendant pay $120,917.69 in restitution to the victims in this case. He also ordered that the defendant be deported from the United States when she completes her prison term.
Originally from the country of Somalia, Adam, 38 years old, of Portland moved to Canada in 1993 using her real name, “Amina Ismail-Youssouff,â€