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Monday, May 4, 2026

Attorneys And Associate Of Immigration Law Firm Plead Guilty To ... - Department of Justice

Defendants Prepared Fraudulent Asylum Applications and Affidavits, Coached Clients to Lie Under Oath During Immigration Proceedings

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ILONA DZHAMGAROVA, ARTHUR ARCADIAN, and IGOR REZNIK have each pled guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. DZHAMGAROVA and ARCADIAN pled guilty today, and REZNIK pled guilty on August 24, 2022, each before U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “The defendants — a husband and wife team of licensed immigration attorneys and a writer who worked with them — invented offensive lies to cheat our country’s asylum process, which is meant to protect vulnerable people who legitimately fear persecution because of their race, religion, political beliefs, or sexual orientation. When attorneys cynically exploit those fears for financial gain by pedaling false claims and coaching clients to lie under oath, they abuse the trust placed in them and make a mockery of the asylum system. With their guilty pleas, the defendants are being held accountable for their serious crimes.”

According to the Indictment against DZHAMGAROVA, ARCADIAN, and REZNIK, other documents filed in this case, and statements made in open court:

Between November 2018 and December 2021, ILONA DZHAMGAROVA, an immigration attorney, ran the Dzhamgarova Firm, an immigration services firm based in Brooklyn, New York. The Dzhamgarova Firm worked...



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