A 60-year-old former Atherton resident who had a San Jose law practice has been extradited from the Kyrgyz Republic in central Asia to face fraud charges in federal court in San Jose related to a controversial visa program aimed at attracting foreign job creators.
Danhong “Jean” Chen, also known as Maria Sofia Taylor, was indicted by a grand jury in 2019 along with her ex-husband Jianyun “Tony” Ye. The pair were accused of fraud in connection with the federal EB-5 visa program that lets foreign citizens live permanently in the U.S. with a green card if they invest a certain sum — $500,000 to $1 million at the time of the indictment, and currently $800,000 to $1,050,000 — in businesses that create jobs for U.S. workers.
Ye in 2021 pleaded guilty to fraud and obstruction of justice, was sentenced to a year in prison, and has been released, according to the U.S. Department of Justice…