HEARING OF THE CASE OF EX-COUNCIL OF ARMENIA TO LOS ANGELES ON OCTOBER 6

armradio.am
25.08.2009 16:22

Preliminary hearing of the case of Former Armenian Consul in LA
Norayr Ghalumian was held in Santa Ana (California) Federal Court on
August 24.

Ghalumian and four more people were pleaded not guilty to a charge
of obstructing immigration proceedings in document forgery to help
immigrants avoid deportation.

As it was reported earlier, as a result of a two-year investigation,
five people, including a former Armenian consul in LA Norayr Ghalumian,
have been arrested on charges that they sold official letters to
illegal immigrants to help them avoid deportation. The five are
accused of supplying so-called letters of refusal from the Armenian
Consulate for as much as $35,000 apiece. Many of those who purchased
the letters were Armenian nationals facing deportation after being
convicted of felony offenses in the United States.