Immigration officer charged with taking bribes to help immigrants obtain legal status

A national migration serviceman was precocious arrested aft being accused of promising adjustments to immigrants' status successful speech for bribes implicit the span of astir a decade.

Amara Dukuly, 43, of Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, an migration serviceman employed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is charged with bribery of a nationalist official, arising from his alleged solicitation of a bribe successful speech for authoritative acts.

An migration serviceman was precocious arrested and charged with taking bribes from immigrants. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Since 2015, Dukuly is accused of utilizing his presumption arsenic a USCIS worker to extract payments from individuals successful speech for promises to assistance them get adjustments to their immigration status, specified arsenic a greenish card, enactment authorization documents, oregon visas, according to a transgression complaint.

Given the scope of his occupation duties, Dukuly did not person the authorization to fulfill immoderate of his promises to the individuals, according to tribunal documents.

The alleged strategy involving migrant bribes happened for astir a decade. (Getty Images)

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After seeking, receiving and accepting wealth successful instrumentality for being influenced portion performing an official act, Dukuly converted the monies helium obtained from the bribes for his idiosyncratic benefit, according to a connection from United States Attorney David Metcalf.

It is unclear however galore immigrants Dukuly is accused of accepting bribes from.

The national serviceman allegedly worked for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and was based successful Pennsylvania. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The lawsuit is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.