A Colombian consulate worker was recently fired and arrested after bilking immigrants out of over $100,000. Maria Hurtado was offering paid legal services to help obtain green cards and other immigration documents that she could not actually help provide. 25 cases have been filed against Hurtado, who will be charged in the federal courts, as she is a Colombian national, legally living in Houston.
With over 95% of all immigration trials resulting in guilty verdicts, Hurtado will require a top Houston criminal lawyer if she hopes to not be tried, punished and deported for her crimes.
To read more about the investigation, see the article on ABC. Image Via borman818 [Flickr].