Woman sentenced for illegal immigration service
Michael W. Hoskins
July 29, 2011

A Marion Superior Court judge has sentenced an Indianapolis woman who admitted to performing immigration services without required licensing and not paying income taxes.

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office filed a criminal tax evasion case against M. Esther Barber, also known as Maria Esther Tapia Cuevas, who was doing business as Asociacion Civica Mexicana De Indiana Inc. on Shelby Street in Indianapolis.

Barber, who is not an attorney, advertised herself to the Spanish-speaking community as a “notarioâ€