Chicago Attorney and Accomplice Charged with Immigration Fraud Involving Filipino Visa Applicants

A Chicago attorney, Gerardo Dean, has been charged with deceiving U.S. immigration authorities. He is accused of providing false employment information to help clients from the Philippines obtain visas, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Felicitas Cordero, who conspired with Dean as an employee of a company that managed skilled nursing facilities, was painted by the indictment as complicit in drafting mendacious H-1B and EB-2 visa petitions. They falsely proclaimed that managerial or supervisory roles awaited the visa applicants, whereas, in truth, the positions offered bore a resemblance more closely to basic nursing staff roles that paid considerably less than what was claimed.

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