Tibetan man sentenced to over two year for asylum fraud scheme in New York

6 months ago

Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: A Tibetan man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a scheme to file fraudulent asylum applications for profit, according to a report released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday.

Tenzin Norbu, 56, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $170,000 in forfeiture for participating in a conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and make false statements on asylum applications submitted to USCIS. The sentence was issued on October 15 by Judge Kimba M. Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di...

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