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US court sentences Iraqi man to over three years in prison for defrauding | ||||
2022-06-26 | ||||
[Rudaw] A court in the United States sentenced an Iraqi man to over three years in prison, accusing him of leading a conspiracy to defraud the US refugee programs, said the Department of Justice in a statement on Friday. Aws Muwafaq Abduljabbar,
In addition to Abduljabbar, the conspiracy also involved Haitham Isa Saado Sad
"As part of their duties, both defendants had access to the State Department’s Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS), a database containing sensitive, non-public information about refugee applicants and their family members," read the statement. Abduljabbar had paid Sad and Krasilova to steal records from the database, in particular those from Iraqi applicants, allowing the former to assist applicants in receiving fraudulent admission into the US. The US in March resumed reviewing cases of Iraqis that have served alongside US service members, over a year after the program was put on hold in January 2021. In May, Chasib Hafedh Saadoon al-Fawadi,
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