Former Canton doctor charged with lying about attempted murder of pregnant woman on U.S. citizenship application

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A former Stark County doctor, imprisoned for poisoning a woman carrying his unborn child in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy, is now under federal indictment for allegedly lying about the incident when applying for American citizenship.

Yousif Abdulraouf Alhallaq, 46, of Canton, is charged with naturalization fraud, accused of lying on a U.S. citizenship application and during an in-person interview, according to a Thursday news release from Carol Skutnik, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

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The Kuwait-born Alhallaq was a Jordanian citizen when he entered the country on an H1B visa in 2006, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

He was granted permanent residency in 2011 and began working as a medical doctor in Northeast Ohio in 2012, according to the release…

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