Chicago Immigration Attorney Facing Fraud Charges Faked Job Offers an…

(WTTW News)

A Chicago immigration attorney is accused of helping clients cheat on civics exams and fabricate job offers, as well as advising them to enter into sham marriages in order to fraudulently obtain benefits, a new federal indictment alleges.

Mohammad Reza Baniassadi, who owned and operated the Chicago-based Law Offices of Reza Baniassadi, has been charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and five individual counts of falsifying applications for immigration benefits.

According to federal authorities, the 65-year-old Baniassadi is considered a fugitive and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Baniassadi allegedly conspired with two employees — who are unnamed and uncharged in the indictment — at his law office to provide fraudulent information to U.S. immigration authorities to obtain benefits for his foreign national clients over the course of seven years.

According to the indictment, Baniassadi ordered one employee to sit…