Thread: Immigration officer accepts egg rolls as bribes

By Sarah Glen and Julia Kern
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First Published Jun 28 2013 11:45 am • Last Updated Jun 28 2013 11:45 am An immigration officer has been indicted on charges of accepting bribes and egg rolls from immigrants seeking green cards and citizenship. This and other weird crime news from the week:


In exchange for citizenship benefits, egg rolls?

An immigration officer has been indicted on charges that she took bribes and egg rolls — 200 of them — from immigrants seeking green cards and citizenship. The 47-year-old California woman was a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer and reviewed immigrants’ applications for benefits. She was arrested earlier this month and was released on a $20,000 bond.

— AP via CBS Los Angeles

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Seriously?

Santa Ana Immigration Officer Indicted For Allegedly Taking Bribes In Cash And Egg Rolls

June 26, 2013 5:35 PM

SANTA ANA (AP) — An immigration officer has been indicted on charges that she took bribes in cash and egg rolls from immigrants seeking citizenship and green cards.

Federal prosecutors say 47-year-old Mai Nhu Nguyen was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on three counts of solicitation of a bribe by a public official.

Prosecutors say Nguyen took 200 egg rolls from a citizenship applicant and received $1,000 and $2,200 bribes from two other immigrants since 2011.

Nguyen worked as an officer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Santa Ana where she reviewed immigrants’ applications for benefits.

Nguyen was arrested on June 6 and released on a $20,000 bond...

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