Three police chiefs charged with selling fake crime reports to help ‘hundreds’ of illegal immigrants

Federal authorities arrested three Louisiana police chiefs accused of taking part in a scam to help hundreds of illegal immigrants gain legal status by selling them bogus documents that falsely claimed they were victims of armed robberies.

The migrants then used the fabricated reports to apply for “U” visas, also known as victim visas, which can convert illegal immigrant victims and their families into legal residents.

The scam ran for a decade, and the chiefs charged $5,000 for each bogus crime report they produced for the migrants, according to the indictment handed up earlier this month in a federal court in Louisiana.

“In fact, the armed robberies never took place and those listed in the applications were never victims of crimes,” said acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook.

He said there were “hundreds” of bogus victims whose applications were approved.