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A Regina man working with refugees for a local sponsorship organization used his position to commit immigration fraud, according to the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA).
Regina resident Abdulkader Ali pleaded guilty to two offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act on Feb. 17.
He admitted to submitting false immigration sponsorship documents to Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and counselling a refugee applicant to provide false information on their application and counselling a person to sign as a sponsor, without their knowledge.
He was sentenced to two years probation and 200 hours of community service, and fined $75,000.
CBSA says the investigation into Ali started in 2019, when IRCC received a complaint from the Regina-based group Justice Seeks.
It alleged that Ali “used his position for personal gain by accepting money from refugees in exchange for promises to fast-track their immigration applications,” CBSA said in news release Thursday.
The CBSA investigation revealed that Ali has submitted at least 31 falsified immigration applications to IRCC, the news release said.
