FAROQUE Hosen, one of four people charged with involvement in a CW-1 visa scheme, has been sentenced to two years probation.
At the sentencing hearing last week, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI also imposed mandatory conditions on Hosen that include reporting to the U.S. Probation Office.
Judge Manglona likewise ordered Hosen to pay a special assessment fee of $100 immediately after sentencing.
Hosen and co-defendants Servillana Soriano, Aminul Islam, and Halim Khan were charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
Hosen was charged separately and pled guilty to the allegation.
According to the second superseding indictment, the four defendants “agreed to defraud the United States by deceitful and dishonest means, for the purpose of impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful government functions of a government agency, namely, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in the fair and objective evaluation” of CW-1 non-immigrant visa applications.
It was part of the conspiracy that RES International LLC would, in exchange for money, submit a petition for CW-1 classification that would falsely and fraudulently represent that an employer-employee relationship would exist between RES and the beneficiaries under the employment terms set forth in the petition, the indictment added.
Islam, who pled guilty to the charge, was sentenced by the federal court on Feb 16, 2022 to serve one week of imprisonment and one year of supervised release. He will also perform 25 hours of community service, and pay a $100 assessment fee.
As for Servillana Soriano, a jury found her guilty last year. Her sentencing has been re-scheduled for May 3, 2022 at 9 a.m.
On March 28, 2022, a jury found Khan guilty, and the court scheduled his sentencing for Aug. 5, 2022.
In Khan’s trial, Hosen testified as a U.S. government witness.
