{"id":5187,"date":"2014-08-01T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T00:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2014-08-01T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T00:41:03","slug":"former-immigration-officer-guilty-taking-bribes-cambodian-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"Former Immigration Officer Guilty of Taking Bribes from Cambodian Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/600-gang-members-arrested-179-cities-federal-agents\/homeland-security-investigations-badge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2811\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-Badge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Homeland Security Investigations Badge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013A former immigration officer was convicted on Friday in federal court for taking bribes from Cambodian immigrants in exchange for immigration benefits, including granting the immigrants temporary legal status, while he was working in the Santa Ana federal building.<\/p>\n<p>The former immigration officer and his wife were also convicted of witness tampering.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Louis Nelms, Sr., 54, of Los Angeles, was convicted of felony counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and defraud the United States, bribery, conspiracy to witness tamper, and witness tampering.<\/p>\n<p>Sokhon Nelms, 60, of Los Angeles, was convicted of conspiracy to witness tamper and witness tampering.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Nelms faces up to 95 years in prison, and his wife is facing up to 60 years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The evidence at trial showed \u00a0the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Between 2005 and August 2008, Mr. Nelms worked in the Santa Ana federal building as an immigration officer in the Fraud Detection and National Security unit.<\/li>\n<li>The evidence showed that during that time, as part of the scheme, the Cambodian immigrants were promised permanent legal status. The Cambodian immigrants were present in the United States without legal status.<\/li>\n<li>The immigrants typically paid approximately $5,000 in cash for the permanent legal status.<\/li>\n<li>In exchange, Mr. Nelms stamped immigration documents, giving the immigrants temporary legal status in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>The evidence at trial showed that following Billy Nelms\u2019s original indictment in this case for bribery and defrauding the United States in June 2013, \u00a0Billy \u00a0Nelms and his wife tampered with two of the witnesses identified in the original indictment.<\/li>\n<li>On one occasion, with Billy Nelms present, \u00a0Sokhon Nelms told a witness not to speak to anyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of Inspector General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA\u00a0\u2013A former immigration officer was convicted on Friday in federal court for taking bribes 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