South Windsor Couple Indicted In Federal Immigration Fraud Case

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — A South Windsor couple is facing several years in prison as part of a federal immigration fraud case, a leading prosecutor said.

John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment Wednesday charging South Windsor residents Babar and Khatija Khan, 41, and 38, respectively, with offenses related to scheme through which "individuals seeking immigration services were defrauded."

The Khans were arrested Thursday. They appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson and were released on $50,000 bonds.

According to the indictment, Babar and Khatija Khan, who are married, operated Jllas Corp., and Eimann LLC, which were created to provide "services" to clients involved in proceedings with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS. Between approximately May 2015 and January 2018, the Khans recruited clients who sought some form of immigration status, relief or benefit, according to the indictment.

Many of the clients are aliens residing in the U.S. without legal status and had, "limited education, a limited ability to understand English, and little to no knowledge of the documents that the Khans were filing with USCIS on their behalf," Durham said.

According to the indictment, Khatija Khan represented herself as an attorney with a background in immigration matters, even though she was not an attorney.

The Khans prepared petitions and applications for their clients that contained information that they knew to be false and they also fabricated false documents to support their clients' applications with USCIS without their clients' knowledge, Durham said.

They then mailed, or caused to be mailed, fraudulent applications and documents to USCIS, where they were received and made part of the official alien file of each respective client, he added.

According to the indictment, many of the Khans' clients received no relief from USCIS despite paying the Khans" significant amounts of money."

The indictment charges Babar Kahn with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, two counts of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.

Khatija Khan is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of mail fraud.

The conspiracy and fraud charges carry a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, and the tax charge carries a maximum term of imprisonment of three years, Durham said.