A Queens-based immigration attorney has been charged with fraud for allegedly submitting more than 180 asylum applications containing false information about the asylum seekers’ personal narratives and criminal histories.

Andreea Dumitru, 42, of Andreea Dumitru & Associates in Sunnyside, Queens, has been charged with one count of asylum fraud and one count of making false statements, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

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