A federal grand jury has indicted Houston immigration lawyer Alla Nowowiejski, 44, on charges of mail fraud and making false statements, a Justice Department announcement out of the Southern District of Texas confirms. A parallel county investigation puts the number of people she may have shortchanged well above 100.
Immigration cases already move slowly and cost thousands of dollars. When a licensed attorney pockets that money without doing the work, clients can lose years of eligibility, missed work authorization windows and savings they will likely never recover.
