Case alleges accused received money for fast-tracking residency applications By Andrew Seymour, Ottawa Citizen January 24, 2012 Secretly recorded telephone calls and undercover police surveillance will paint a portrait of a senior Citizenship and Immigration Canada manager taking cash in exchange for preferential treatment on permanent residency applications, a prosecutor said Monday on the first day of a trial into an alleged bribes-for-status scheme. Assistant Crown attorney Mike Boyce said Diane Serre teamed up with Issam Dakik to take thousands of dollars from mostly Arab immigrants in exchange for fast-tracking their applications. Dakik would meet with the applicants and collect the money before contacting Serre who would use her influence as a manager and supervisor in Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Catherine Street office, said Boyce. Read the whole article... See also: $300 payment smoothed the way for permanent residency, court told Immigration manager faces multiple allegations of fraud against government By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen January 31, 2012 Trail of 'immigration fixer' led to accused, court told Ottawa Citizen Man paid for inside immigration track, court told Toronto Sun |
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