Thread: GA-Lawrenceville man sentenced for immigration fraud

Gwinnett County News Updated 2:10 p.m.

Lawrenceville man sentenced for immigration fraud

By Bill Rankin



A 48-year-old Lawrenceville man was sent to prison Monday for his role in operating a English-language school that was used as a front to let immigrants live here illegally.


Songwoo Shim was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison for conspiring to induce aliens to live her illegally and for manufacturing fraudulent visa documents. Shim pleaded guilty to the federal charges on June 4.

Humana Language Learning Center claimed to be an English-language school for Korean-speaking students, prosecutors said. A second defendant in the case, Young Park, 36, of Duluth, also pleaded guilty and on Aug. 11 was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison.

Immigration fraud “creates a vulnerability that may enable terrorists, criminals, and illegal aliens to enter and remain in the United States,â€

Ga. immigrant school leader sentenced to prison

August 31, 2009


ATLANTA — A Korean-American has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after he admitted to bringing immigrants into the country under the guise of attending an English language school.

Songwoo Shim of Lawrenceville was sentenced Monday in an Atlanta federal court after pleading guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. He will serve three years and 10 months in prison and forfeit $24,000 seized during the case.

The 47-year-old Shim and 36-year-old In Young Park of Duluth were indicted in April.

Federal prosecutors say Shim and others fraudulently obtained certification for Humana Language Learning Center in Duluth, got student visas for hundreds of immigrants who paid thousands of dollars in purported tuition. Most never attended class.


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Too bad we can't revoke citizenship and deport people that are foreign-born for violating our laws.