A former immigration advisor who provided false information to Immigration New Zealand has had his application to be discharged without conviction rejected and been given 200 hours community work. Ming Fay Young had pleaded guilty to supplying false details of where a Chinese chef was working. He had been part of a group investigated by INZ in which six people were charged. Young and his wife Jenny Zhang ran Ancheng International which helped obtained visas mainly for Chinese nationals.
Wellington District Court judge Ian Mill said despite the conviction causing difficulties for Young in travelling to China and problems with getting a job, the consequences did not outweigh the seriousness of the case..
Young had supplied an application to change the conditions of a visa for a chef which included a false place of work.
The chef had come to New Zealand in 2009 and been put to work at a different location to what was stated in his visa. He was moved to another workplace when he complained about conditions and eventually got a job on his own.
Judge Mill said essentially Young was under an obligation to be honest as a licensed immigration advisor and he wasn't.
Young's lawyer Barbara Hunt said he had family in China and travel would be difficult if not impossible. He had also begun a course to work in real estate but had discovered that a conviction would prevent him doing that too.
She said his family would be crippled financially if he could not work and the effects would be catastrophic.
Crown lawyer for INZ Ian Murray said Young and the others had been exploiting workers and running a scam.
Young's wife Jinyan or Jenny Zhang had been given 10 months home detention.
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发表于 2015-1-9 18:09:41
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