Virginia woman Jasmine Moawad allegedly posed as immigration attorney, threatened clients with ICE

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The woman, a former candidate for the Virginia state Senate, allegedly had no legal license and provided no legal services despite threatening clients to pay for them.

Fairfax County Police arrested the 45-year-old woman on Wednesday. Police said she wasn't a licensed attorney. They also alleged that she collected money from vulnerable immigrants even though she didn't provide any of her promised legal assistance.

A Virginia woman named Jasmine Moawad was arrested for allegedly posing as an immigration attorney and threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on people who refused to pay her. In this photo illustration, a woman in a suit at a legal desk instructs her male client to sign an agreement on a clipboard.

Though police investigated Moawad-Barrientos for months, they said the investigation remains ongoing. Thus far, police have only identified five victims,reported, but police suspect that others exist. Police said that undocumented people who allegedly hired her have been worried about talking to them for fear of deportation.

 

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