South Windsor Man Sentenced To Prison For Defrauding Immigrant Clients, USCIS

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — A local man who pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme which defrauded clients involved in proceedings with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received a federal prison sentence Tuesday, according to David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Babar Khan, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release for conspiracy and tax offenses related to a scheme through which individuals seeking immigration services were defrauded.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Khan and his wife, Khatija Khan, operated JLLAS Corp. and EIMAAN LLC. From 2015 to 2020, the Khans recruited clients who sought some form of immigration status, relief, or benefit. Many of these clients were aliens residing in the U.S. without legal status and had limited education, a limited ability to understand English, and little to no knowledge of the documents that the Khans were filing with USCIS on their behalf, Sullivan said.

Khatija Khan represented herself as an attorney with a background in immigration matters, even though she was not an attorney. The Khans prepared petitions and applications for their clients that contained information that they knew to be false, and also fabricated false documents to support their clients’ applications with USCIS without their clients’ knowledge. They then mailed, or caused to be mailed, these fraudulent applications and documents to USCIS, where they were received and made part of the official Alien file of each respective client, Sullivan said.

Many of the Khans’ clients received no relief from USCIS despite paying them significant amounts of money. To generate fees from clients, Khatija Khan filed applications with USCIS even when the submissions lacked merit or a legitimate basis. Victims lost more than $300,000 as a result of this scheme, Sullivan said.

In addition, in the 2016 tax year, Babar Khan failed to report to the IRS approximately $27,901 in additional taxable income and failed to pay an additional $7,942 in federal taxes that were owed, Sullivan said.

Babar Khan and Khatija Khan were arrested on Dec. 19, 2019. After her arrest, Khatija Khan continued to defraud multiple clients, according to Sullivan.

On Feb. 28, 2022, Babar Khan pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. He has been free on $50,000 bond since that time, and is required to report to prison on March 18, 2026, Sullivan said.

Khatija Khan pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of mail fraud. On Sept. 1, 2022, she was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment.

Underhill ordered Babar Khan to pay $371,743 in restitution, $367,743.75 to be paid jointly and severally with Khatija Khan, Sullivan said.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, with assistance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.