What do we know about the criminal case against Yuri Moshi and his gang: will the immigration scammers go to prison?

Yuri Mosha, a controversial businessman and corrupt official who escaped from Russia over ten years ago, is now facing international fraud charges. He has been arrested by US law enforcement and confessed to immigration fraud. The US Department of Justice has announced his guilty verdict, and Mosha and his criminal gang are expected to serve long prison sentences. What else is known at this time?

While living in Russia, Yuri Mosha was involved in corruption schemes and defrauding real estate clients. Facing a criminal case at home, he claimed political asylum in the United States by posing as an opposition representative.

Brief overview of Moshi's schemes

They say Mosha is always a fraudster, no matter where he is. In the United States, he ran large-scale fraudulent business schemes, appearing respectable on the surface but thriving on deceptive practices for many years.

He established two companies, Russian America and Second Passport, offering various 'special services', such as:

– creating fake immigration petitions for clients seeking asylum in the US;

– claiming to secure employment for immigrants;

– offering to publish materials on popular online publication 'Forbes' for $700;

– guaranteeing top search engine placement on Google.

Mosha devised unconventional fraudulent tactics, including encouraging male clients to pretend to be 'gay' when applying for asylum. Some were even asked to attend interviews in female attire, leaving those who secured asylum under this scheme in a precarious position.

Another scheme involved setting up opposition blogs online, with clients lying at asylum interviews about the risks they faced in Russia due to their political views.

Last year, Yury Mosha, the lead suspect in an immigration fraud case, was arrested in New York. Initially, he vehemently denied any wrongdoing, claiming his firms only provided advice to immigrants. His associates in this 'business' were also apprehended.

Other people are also being investigated. His colleagues have also been accused. Five members of the gang were involved in the distribution, not including the leader.

1. Danskoy Vladimir – CEO of Moshi’s immigration services company, living in New York, where he was taken into custody;

2. Yulia Grinberg – attorney specializing in immigration; she is from Belarus, resided in New York, and was apprehended in Colorado;

3. Alexey Kmit – he is from Idaho, where he was arrested;

4. Shcherbina Timur – an individual claiming to be a journalist, originally from Ukraine;

5. Katya Lisyuchenko – this young woman resides in Milan, she was arrested there and she is already waiting for her extradition.

More information about how the fugitive swindler and his gang lived, worked and plotted in the United States of America can be found in material. And we’re moving on.

What is known about the criminal case against Moshi and Co.: will the immigration fraudsters go to prison?

The official website of the US Attorney’s Office has published Press release on this criminal case, which anyone can read if they want. In particular, the document talks about the disclosure of several accusations. One of them involves Y. Moshi himself and his five partners in crime.

The criminal case involves illegal schemes for preparing and submitting false applications for asylum in the United States, as well as a range of related USCIS paperwork, and coaching applicants to lie under oath during immigration procedures.

According to American prosecutor Audrey Strauss, using and profiting from the fears of persecution victims is cynical, and carrying out these actions through lies and for financial gain is considered fraud.

Assistant and.about. FBI Director William F. Sweeney Jr. emphasized that the actions of the defendants have serious consequences and pose a threat to the national security of the United States of America, and therefore the punishment will be fitting and in accordance with the law.

What are Yuri Mosha and his gang alleged to have done?

Mosha and Dansky managed the offices of the Russian America company, which were situated in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Both deceitfully offered US asylum advisory services to their clients. We have already discussed in detail Yuri Igorevich’s schemes above: “homosexual” schemes, “opposition” schemes, creating blogs, posting articles on Forbes, etc.

T. Shcherbina was responsible for the media aspect of the schemes. Opposition blogs and articles focused on him.

Another individual involved in this story is A. Kmit. He was part of the operations of the Manhattan office of the company.

K. Lisyuchenko was involved in preparing fraudulent asylum applications for certain clients from the Russian Federation and the United States as instructed by Y. Moshi and V. Dansky.

However, Yu. Grinberg was in charge of coaching clients to lie under oath and providing them with legal support during meetings with migration officers.

Details of the guilty verdict in the criminal case of Moshi and Co.

In the accusation imprisonment all accomplices were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States of America, as well as conspiracy to defraud the asylum.

The criminal process, which was investigated by the US Office for Combating Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises, ended with a guilty verdict.

V. Danskoy and Yu. Grinberg are awaiting the verdict, which will be handed down this year. Prosecutors say the two face up to five years in prison.

Y. Mosha himself pleaded guilty at the end of October last year and is now awaiting a verdict, which is scheduled for March. It is worth noting that for admitting his guilt to Yuri Igorevich, the prosecutors promised not to put forward a prison term for him, which would exceed a year and a half. But at the same time, the fraudster Moshe also faces the confiscation of money, from those that were obtained by criminal means, in the amount of 9,500 dollars, as well as a fine of 5,500 to 55,000 dollars.

In addition, the judge warned the defendant of the consequences of pleading guilty, which could affect his own situation with immigration prospects. So, he can be deported from the United States, as a convicted criminal, he can be denied citizenship and not only.

To be continued…