{"id":29350,"date":"2017-02-09T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T04:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29350"},"modified":"2017-02-09T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T04:54:44","slug":"owner-pleads-guilty-pay-stay-u-s-scheme-three-schools-koreatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29350","title":{"rendered":"Owner pleads guilty to illegally operating \u201cpay-to-stay\u201d schools that allowed foreign nationals to remain in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"criminal_justice_jurisprudence (2)\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>The owner of four schools that enrolled hundreds of foreign nationals who fraudulently obtained immigration documents allowing them to remain in the United States as \u201cstudents\u201d \u2013 even though they rarely, if ever, attended classes \u2013 plead guilty Thursday to federal immigration fraud charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hee Sun Shim, also known as Leonard Shim and Leo Shim, 53, of Beverly Hills, the owner, and manager of the schools, plead guilty Thursday to conspiracy and immigration document fraud, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Shim is facing up to 15 years in federal prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In his plea agreement, Shim agreed to forfeit to the U.S. about $465,000 in bank funds and cash that were seized by investigators in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Shim, along with two co-defendants \u2013 ran a \u201cpay-to-stay\u201d scheme through three schools in Koreatown:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Prodee University\/Neo-America Language School<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Walter Jay M.D. Institute, an Educational Center<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">American College of Forensic Studies (ACFS)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A fourth school in Alhambra \u2013<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Likie Fashion and Technology College \u2013 was also involved in the scheme, which ran for at least six years, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Prodee and the other schools issued immigration documents to foreign nationals who were not bona fide students, had no intention of attending the schools, and sometimes lived outside of California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As part of the conspiracy, Shim created bogus student records, including transcripts, for some of the students for the purpose of deceiving immigration authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5906 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Department of Justice\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In exchange for the immigration documents that allowed them to remain in the U.S., the purported \u201cstudents\u201d made \u201ctuition\u201d payments to Shim and his co-conspirators to \u201cenroll\u201d and remain enrolled at the schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cImmigration fraud schemes such as this allow foreign nationals to circumvent immigration controls and enter, as well as remain in, the United States unlawfully, which compromises national security and the strict set of rules that legitimate immigrants follow,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adding, \u201cThese defendants not only undermined the immigration system, but they did a disservice to all of the immigrants following the rules for entry into the U.S.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Two other defendants named in the 2015 indictment \u2013 Hyung Chan Moon, who is known as Steve Moon, 40, of Los Angeles, and Eun Young Choi, known as Jamie Choi, 37, of Los Angeles \u2013 previously plead guilty and are pending sentencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The investigation, in this case, began in 2011 after a compliance team with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations or HSI, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, paid an unannounced visit to <\/span>Prodee<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> University\u2019s main campus on Wilshire Boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the visit, the team observed only one English language class with three students in attendance, even though records indicated more than 900 foreign students were enrolled at <\/span>Prodee\u2019s<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> two campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That same day, an unannounced visit to ACFS found only one religion class in session with a single student present, even though the school had more than 300 foreign students in active status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the ensuing investigation, HSI special agents identified several dozen foreign nationals, primarily from South Korea and China, who originally entered the U.S. as F-1 non-immigrant students to attend other schools, but subsequently transferred to schools in the <\/span>Prodee<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These students lived across the nation, indicating that they were not actually attending classes at <\/span>Prodee<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> or the other schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As detailed in court filings, <\/span>Prodee<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> and its affiliated schools were authorized to issue a document that certified a foreign national had been accepted to a school and would be a full-time student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The document \u2013 \u201cCertificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status &#8211; for Academic and Language Students,\u201d which is commonly called a Form I-20 \u2013 made a student eligible to obtain an F-1 student visa that would allow the student to enter and remain in the United States while the student was making normal progress toward completing a full course of study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs defendant and his co-conspirators knew, these Form I-20s were based on false claims, false statements, and fraud since the purported foreign students had no intention of attending school and were not bona fide students,\u201d according to Shim\u2019s plea agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cStudent visas are intended to afford people from around the world an opportunity come to this country to enrich themselves with the vast learning opportunities available here, but this defendant was interested in a different kind of enrichment, his own,\u201d said Joseph Macias, special agent in charge for HSI Los Angeles. \u201cHSI will move aggressively against those who compromise the integrity of our nation&#8217;s visa system and put America&#8217;s security at risk in the process. 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