Fugitive swindler and criminal Yuri Mosha threatens journalists on the eve of a prison term
The Russian-speaking community of Brooklyn two years ago was shocked by the news: Yuri was arrested Mosha, Ilona Dzhamgarova, as well as their accomplices. These figures of the immigration front advertised their services from every kettle. And, as it turned out, any tourist was molded into a persecuted gay, lesbian or Russian-speaking Ukrainian. And they submitted them for asylum.
The prosecutor called Dzhamgarova’s work “a mockery of the asylum system.” FBI agents have been following them for a long time, sending undercover agents, whom the suspects also converted into gays and Russian-speaking Ukrainians (all these allegations can be viewed here).
Lawyers from Brooklyn, judging by the statement of the prosecutor’s office, enriched themselves for years on lies, deceived the state and stained the cases of immigrants who came to them with true stories of persecution.
After the arrest and numerous publications of Rubik, all those suspected of immigration fraud were released on bail, awaiting trial (standard procedure). A string of immigrants reached their offices to collect their cases and money (there were also people with legitimate, not fake, immigration cases among the clients). But skillful lawyers continued to work and convince their clients that since they were released, they were not to blame. Unfortunately, many immigrants believed Dzhamgarova.
Dzhamgarova had 40 asylum cases a month. One by one, the defendants in the high-profile case of Russian-speaking immigration scammers began to cooperate with the investigation, handed over clients to mow down their sentences, and themselves admitted their guilt – as Yuri did Mosha and his employees. Yulia Grinberg (a lawyer who worked with Yuri Mosha, she was arrested at night at a ski resort in the company of a half-naked husband and children) fought to the last, voluntarily pleaded not guilty – but the court, after hearing her excuses, nevertheless found her guilty.
Ilona Dzhamgarova confessed to immigration fraud
Ilona Dzhamgarova and Artur Arkadyan (husband and wife, both lawyers) were the last to remain without a verdict. Their accomplice Igor Reznik, who wrote fictional stories of persecution to Dzhamgarova’s clients, pleaded guilty last summer.
Dzhamgarova, perhaps, kept hoping to collect more money from new clients; provided law enforcement officers with information about clients in the hope of a shorter period. And on January 25, she and her husband pleaded guilty to immigration fraud.
Dzhamgarova, 46, and her husband Arkadyan, 44, face another trial on May 31, 2023, at which U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay will determine the exact penalty. Under the immigration fraud article, they face up to 5 years in prison and fines.
And all Dzhamgarova’s clients, unfortunately, are marked with “red flags”: the immigration service and the courts will check them especially carefully – whether their stories are fabricated.
Beware of scammers!
Rubik has repeatedly talked about the fraudulent schemes of these lawyers. From November 2018 to December 2021, the firm of Dzhamgarova in Brooklyn, New York, did not know the end of clients. She also had an office in Miami, Florida. Clients began to notice the “slippery methods” of work, and it came to the FBI.
For 2 years, special services “grazed” lawyers: they sent “agents” under the guise of clients and collected evidence. By February 2021, the FBI had enough evidence to arrest Ilona Dzhamgarova, Artur Arkadyan, and “journalist” Igor Reznik.
But even after being released on bail, Dzhamgarova continued to conduct “business” as if nothing had happened, convincing her clients that they were in good hands. The secret services were shocked by such impudence.
She considered herself so advanced in the field of immigration that she even published a guide book, The Passport of an American Immigrant. Tips and recommendations of an immigration lawyer, co-authored with the treasurer of the Church of St. Matrona in Miami, Ivan Beley.
Another figure on the immigration front, Yuri Mosha, having fled from Russia from accusations of fraud, he organized the Second Passport and Russian America companies, which also, with the help of lies, assisted immigrants in obtaining asylum, visas, and citizenship. The business flourished for 10 years.
Yuri Mosha very well known among immigrants.
When Mosha was “taken” for fraud in the States, he was released on bail of more than $1 million. And while the lawyer was waiting for trial, he threatened the editor of Rubik for exposing articles on our website.
Mosha, like Dzhamgarova, pleaded guilty in order to mitigate the punishment. But his former clients had a hard time.
“Every person who came into contact with Yuri Mosha, for whom he prepared a case, all have a huge red flag on their case. We were told this after going to the immigration office for an interview – it was very difficult to pass … Everyone who worked with Mosha is considered a scammer by default until they prove the opposite.
Another immigration lawyer, Yulia Grinberg, unlike Moshi and Dzhamgarova, pleaded not guilty. In late December, a jury in Manhattan Federal Court unanimously convicted her and Vladimir Dansky, head of the Brooklyn branch of Russian America, of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. According to the prosecutor, the two also taught clients to lie to US government agencies.
High-profile cases show that there are a lot of scammers among the helpers, but sooner or later they will all be brought to justice.
Right now, we need to be especially careful with “charitable foundations” that help asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border. All of them (including Bridge V USA, Teach VK, Veritas and Mil Mujeres) use fraudulent schemes (read why – read here). The first of the “border helpers” have already been arrested with half a million dollars in cash. The rest are also being watched! Cooperation with scammers always ends badly for immigrants.