The chief counsel for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle has been charged with stealing the identities of multiple immigrants for financial gain.
According to an indictment filed this week, ICE's top attorney in its Seattle office allegedly devised a plan to steal the identities of seven immigrants over a four-year period while their cases were being processed by the federal immigration agency.
The lawyer, Raphael A. Sanchez, faces one count of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
A DOJ official told BuzzFeed News Sanchez resigned from the agency effective Monday, the same day the indictment against him was filed.
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