Immigration lawyer sentenced to prison for fraud

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Bill Rankin
10:59 a.m. Tuesday, October 18, 2011

An immigration lawyer has been sentenced to two years in prison for a scheme that harbored illegal immigrants and netted him about $1 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Parmesh Dixit, 41, of Alpharetta, also was ordered to forfeit $1.2 million. Dixit helped about 40 illegal immigrants enter or remain in the U.S. by submitting fraudulent visa applications on their behalf, prosecutors said. Dixit's paralegal, Punyapriya Patel, 37, of Alpharetta, was sentenced to three years on probation, beginning with six months of home confinement, for his role.

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