{"id":431231,"date":"2026-09-10T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431231\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:00:08","slug":"houston-immigration-attorney-charged-in-alleged-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431231\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston immigration attorney charged in alleged fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Federal authorities arrested a 44-year-old Houston immigration attorney. She is charged with mail fraud and making false statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Alla Nowowiejski made her initial appearance Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to an indictment, Investigators say Nowowiejski accepted payments from clients seeking help, then establishing or adjusting their immigration status and applying for work visas. Prosecutors allege she failed to submit the applications or submitted only portions of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The indictment also states Nowowiejski gave clients fraudulent documents and case reference numbers tied to unrelated immigration matters, leading the clients to believe their applications were being processed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">If convicted, Nowowiejski faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation was conducted by the inspectors general offices of the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Harris County Constable\u2019s Office Precinct 1. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Federal authorities arrested a 44-year-old Houston immigration attorney. She is charged with mail fraud and making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8388,18938,2441,7337,56,58,57,1724],"class_list":["post-431231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-attorney","tag-charged","tag-court","tag-federal","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}