Nigerian Living in Metro Atlanta to Be Sentenced for Immigration Fraud
Convicted of immigration fraud for lying on his application to become a naturalized citizen, the man lost his citizenship status and will face sentencing in October, a U.S. attorney announced.
July 27, 2017 at 01:30 PM
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A Nigerian who has been convicted of immigration fraud for lying on his application to become a naturalized citizen has lost his citizenship status and will face sentencing in October, U.S. attorney John Horn has announced.
“When someone engages in fraud and presents false information to become a naturalized citizen, it compromises the integrity and security of the naturalization process,” he said in a news release Thursday. “The jury found the defendant completely subverted the process that allows immigrants to become citizens.”
A jury convicted Olu Kanni Sanyaolu, 54, of Lawrenceville, on July 20, finding he fraudulently concealed information that would have made him ineligible to become a naturalized citizen. Evidence presented at trial showed that he had applied for naturalization with U.S. immigration officials in April 2009 and sworn he had never used another identity or been ordered deported.
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