{"id":14891,"date":"2022-05-08T11:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T11:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/former-liberian-rebel-general-charged-with-immigration-fraud"},"modified":"2022-05-08T11:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T11:45:28","slug":"former-liberian-rebel-general-charged-with-immigration-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/former-liberian-rebel-general-charged-with-immigration-fraud","title":{"rendered":"Former Liberian Rebel General Charged With Immigration Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Laye Sekou Camara, aka K-1 and Dragon Master, 43, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint and subsequent indictment on the charge of use of an immigration document obtained by fraud.<\/p>\n

In 1997, after a civil war and years of political upheaval, Charles Taylor was elected president of the West African nation of Liberia. In 1999, Liberia\u2019s second civil war began. Primarily, two rebel groups, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), waged war against Taylor\u2019s government. LURD\u2019s stated objective was to remove Taylor from the presidency of Liberia.<\/p>\n

Liberia\u2019s second civil war, much like its first, was characterized by brutality, war crimes, and atrocities, many of which were perpetrated by LURD rebels. Furthermore, in waging its war against Taylor\u2019s government, LURD recruited and used child soldiers. According to the indictment, Camara was a LURD general.A US government release noted that the indictment alleges that in June 2011, Camara submitted an application for a non-immigrant visa to the United States. In that application Camara falsely contended, among other things, that he: 1) was not a member of a tribe; 2) had never served in or been a member of a rebel group or insurgent organization; and 3) had never committed, ordered, incited, assisted or otherwise participated in political killings or other acts of violence. Camara\u2019s application was approved and he was issued a non-immigrant visa which he used to enter the United States.<\/p>\n

The indictment further alleges that in June 2012, U.S. immigration authorities reviewed an application that Camara submitted for a U.S. immigrant visa. In this application, Camara falsely contended, among other things, that he: 1) was not seeking and had not sought a visa, entry into the United States or any immigration benefit by fraud or misrepresentation; and 2) had never engaged in the recruitment or use of child soldiers.<\/p>\n

Camara\u2019s application was approved and he was issued an immigrant visa which he used to enter the United States. Upon his entering and being admitted to the United States pursuant to his immigrant visa, Camara became entitled to, and did, receive a green card, evidencing his authorized permanent residence in the United States.<\/p>\n

Finally, as alleged in the indictment, in June 2017, in seeking a Pennsylvania state identification card, Camara presented his fraudulently obtained green card to PennDOT officials as evidence of his immigration status, that is, his lawful permanent residence in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs alleged in the indictment, this defendant attempted to evade accountability for his horrific involvement in Liberia\u2019s brutual civil wars by fraudulently obtaining U.S. immigration documents,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Williams. \u201cDue to the hard work and perseverance of our prosecutors and law enforcement partners, he can no longer run and hide from justice.\u201d\u201cHSI is committed to upholding the law, both within the United States and abroad,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge William S. Walker of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia Field Office. \u201cThe defendant in this case, Mr. Camara, is alleged to have served as a high-ranking general for a rebel group that fought in the Second Liberian Civil War, all the while employing tactics of unimaginable brutality, including the recruitment of child soldiers.<\/p>\n

This indictment alleges Mr. Camara then attempted to shield his violent past when he came to the United States by failing to disclose his affiliation with the rebel group. Investigations like this one are a chief priority of the No Safe Haven mission, and HSI will continue to work tirelessly to investigate those who attempt to evade justice for crimes they committed overseas. We will not allow the United States to be a safe haven for those attempting to hide from their past.\u201d<\/p>\n

If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by HSI with assistance from the Pennsylvania Attorney General\u2019s Office, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Linwood C. Wright, Jr. and Kelly M. Harrell, with assistance from Trial Attorney Chelsea Schinnour and Historian Christopher Hayden from the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division\u2019s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Laye Sekou Camara, aka K-1 and Dragon Master, 43, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint and subsequent indictment on the charge of use of an immigration document obtained by fraud. 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