In August 2011 a USCIS supervisor and his son, both convicted of federal corruption charges, were sentenced to five years and four years in prison, respectively. The USCIS supervisor, Fernando Jacobs, 72 years old, had been found guilty of conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, and visa fraud. He was also fined $30,000. His son, 44-year-old Patrick Jacobs, was also convicted of the first three charges. He has been in custody since his arrest in 2009.<\/p>\n
The elder Jacobs took bribes from foreign nationals seeking legal status in the U.S. and his son acted as a go-between in setting up the deals. <\/p>\n
The Jacobs\u2019 scheme involved the elder Jacobs using his official position as a USCIS supervisor to defraud the government of his honest services and personally profit at the public\u2019s expense. Fernando Jacobs accelerated certain case processing, took information from Department of Homeland Security databases on immigration in furtherance of the scheme, and (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In August 2011 a USCIS supervisor and his son, both convicted of federal corruption charges, were sentenced to five years and four years in prison, respectively. The USCIS supervisor, Fernando Jacobs, 72 years old, had been found guilty of conspiracy,…<\/span><\/p>\n