Immigration Fraud using LCAs

Date: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:28 PM

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There is no word yet whether Sylvia Ryan-Webster was forging LCAs for H-1Bs
or Green Cards. For more information on LCAs go to www.ZaZona.com/LCA-Data

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38418-2002Aug2.htmlwashingtonpost.com
CRIME & JUSTICE

Saturday, August 3, 2002; Page B02

THE REGION

Former lawyer sentenced for fraud: A disbarred Washington lawyer was
sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for an immigration fraud scam.

Sylvia Anita Ryan-Webster, 47, was convicted by a federal court jury in
Alexandria in May of immigration fraud, conspiracy and using false and
forged immigration documents. Authorities say she submitted forged labor
certification applications to federal and state agencies in Virginia,
Maryland and the District, then used those certifications to obtain visas
for immigrants.

Ryan-Webster charged aliens $3,000 to $15,000 for her legal services, though
she was disbarred in Washington in 1996. The scheme collapsed when a
Maryland labor examiner noticed problems with her applications.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III ordered Ryan-Webster to repay her clients
$390,000.

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