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Man Charged in Sweeping Student Visa Fraud Case
L.A. Times ^
| March 8, 2010
| -- Anna Gorman in Los Angeles and My-Thuan Tran in Santa Ana
Posted on 03/08/2010 10:58:29 PM PST by Sefton
Higgens was paid by dozens of foreign students -- mostly from the Middle East -- who were paying him to sit in class, take exams and write papers for them so their student visas would remain valid. Investigators with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the demand was so great that he hired employees, including a blond woman who they believe posed as an Middle Eastern man to take a test. Agents are continuing to investigate the case and believe Higgins had several co-conspirators.
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The question is... where were the real students and what were they doing hear while others were sitting in for them taking classes? A late breaking KTLA News report said eleven have been arrested.
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posted on
03/08/2010 10:58:29 PM PST
by
Sefton
To: Sefton
Test-taking for another student is an old scam. Don’t universities check IDs now?
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:04:43 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Sefton
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:04:51 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: Sefton
Were they even here at all, or maybe gallivanting around the world?
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:05:45 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: HiTech RedNeck
The 10:00 PM News stated the Mastermind took classes at ten colleges over the past several years and hired others to do the same for the foreign visa students who weren’t really here to go to school.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:10:09 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: Sefton
Talking about the 9-11 mastermind? Or the mastermind of this particular scam?
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:13:02 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Sefton
The only subject Middle Eastern students learned well in their native lands and U.S. madrassahs is 100 ways to hate and destroy infidels.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:15:40 PM PST
by
Mack Truck
( CAIR is the biggest enemy of free speech and freedom in America.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Didn’t Teddy Kennedy get kicked out of Harvard for this?
To: HiTech RedNeck
Higgens is the alleged "mastermind" of this immigration fraud scheme. Here are some of his customers:
Mohamed Khalfan Hazeem Taresh Almehairi of the United Arab Emirates
Khalid Butti Khalifa Mohamed Almehairbi of the United Arab Emirates
Ibrahim Salem Khalfan Almansoori, of the United Arab Emirates
Abdullah Mohammed Alhogail of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Ali Alnuaim of Saudi Arabia
Saeed Mohamed Hilal Zayed Alfalahi of the United Arab Emirates
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:22:28 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: Sefton
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:25:37 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: Sefton
Makes me wonder if BO had someone do something like this for him, when he was a student.
To: HiTech RedNeck
“Dont universities check IDs now?”
In a 400+ person class???
Hell, even the TA’s haven’t got a clue who’s sitting in those classes.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:28:15 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
To: Sefton
From the Orange County Register: Higgins is suspected of providing services for at least 119 students all from Middle Eastern countries.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:29:59 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: thecodont
Maybe like, take the whole darn class for him?
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:31:19 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Sefton
No need to worry! “About half of the students are believed to have returned to their home countries.” immigration officials said.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:35:43 PM PST
by
Sefton
(Marxism>Leninism>Stalinism>Trotskism>Maoism>Obamaism)
To: Mack Truck
The only subject Middle Eastern students learned well in their native lands and U.S. madrassahs is 100 ways to hate and destroy infidels.Actually, they can do the same in any given university that offers classes in American Studies. Every single of them is either about how greedy Americans are or on history of American imperialism.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:40:56 PM PST
by
paudio
(Are you better off today than in 2006, when the Democrats took over the Congress?)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: Sefton
Looks like American students are still the best and brightest, ...
... and some of them know they will never be able to make an honest living in this corrupt communist society.
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posted on
03/08/2010 11:43:05 PM PST
by
meadsjn
(Sarah 2012, or sooner)
To: Sefton
Orange County, of course. Heh. Another paragon of leadership.
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posted on
03/09/2010 12:08:45 AM PST
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
To: Yehuda
Thanks for the ping Yehuda.
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posted on
03/09/2010 12:14:07 AM PST
by
Cindy
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