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Immigration

Sep. 29, 2000

Law Cracks Down on Phony Legal Services

Cracking down on swindlers offering phony legal services to immigrants has received a boost with a new law that goes into effect Jan. 1, raising the fine for fraud from $10,000 to $100,000.

        Cracking down on swindlers offering phony legal services to immigrants has received a boost with a new law that goes into effect Jan. 1, raising the fine for fraud from $10,000 to $100,000.
        Signed late Tuesday by Gov. Gray Davis, AB1858 by Assemblywoman Gloria Romero, D-Monterey Park, also will require consultants to display their credentials, such as their State Bar numbers, ...

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