Prosecutors say a Houston man who claimed to be an immigration attorney pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars from illegal clients over a two-year period.
According to the Southern District of Texas United States Attorney’s Office, Jesus Carlos Silva, 58, purported to be an immigration attorney and promised assistance to those seeking citizenship between March 2022 and December 2024.
An investigation revealed that Silva charged consumers thousands of dollars for aid in obtaining legal immigration status, despite never really providing services. And it wasn’t only in Houston…