According to the Department of Justice, Reyes preyed on undocumented immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries and filed fraudulent asylum documents on their behalf. At least six victims were deported and an additional six have deportation orders.
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Reyes, who also portrayed himself as a pastor, accountant and former immigration official while stealing money from undocumented immigrants, was sentenced Monday to 20 years and 9 months in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington said Reyes preyed on the dreams and hopes of people who were looking to legalize their status.
When an investigation revealed Reyes’s scheme, Reyes tried to obstruct justice by having a friend wipe his computers, according to the authorities. Outside of federal court, dozens of immigrant families waited patiently for the sentence against Reyes to be announced.
Atkinson was charged last year with sending a graphic threat to lawyer Mark Zaid, who was representing a CIA analyst who had made allegations that fueled the inquiry that led to former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
During the brief sentencing hearing in Bay City , Mich., Ludington said he was impressed with changes Atkinson has made in his life in the past year or so, but the “stark and brutal” nature of the message he sent Zaid could not be ignored.
The attorney called Atkinson’s arrest “a blessing in disguise.”. Neville asked that Atkinson be sentenced to 12 months in prison, with six months of that time in home confinement, but the judge sided with prosecutors who sought a 12-month prison term.
Prosecutors said Mr. Reyes sought out undocumented immigrants in the Tampa area who were originally from Spanish-speaking countries and were seeking Florida driver’s licenses and work authorization.
A Florida man who posed as an immigration lawyer, filing hundreds of fraudulent asylum applications and collecting more than $411,000 from unwitting clients, has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
And as he was being investigated, they said, he attempted to obstruct justice by having a friend wipe his computers. Some of Mr. Reyes’s victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Tampa as he was being sentenced on Monday.