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News Dollard des Ormeaux DDO immigration fraudster sentenced to house arrest Paul Cherry The Gazette Thursday, June 7, 2012 An immigration consultant caught up in a major fraud investigationthat saw her former fianc sent off to a federal penitentiary hasreceived a sentence she can serve in the community. Svetlana Kiryanova, 44, of Dollard des Ormeaux, required theservices of a Russian translator at the Montreal courthouseWednesday to understand the sentence rendered by Quebec Court JudgeGilles Cadieux. In March, Kiryanova pleaded guilty to five counts of forgingdocuments and 18 counts of violating the Immigration and RefugeeProtection Act. She advised her clients to use fake documents onapplications for refugee status or a temporary resident permit. As part of the 18-month sentence, Kiryanova was ordered to follow a24-hour curfew for the first nine months and can only leave herhome for medical emergencies, work, school and to buy groceries onSundays. The curfew will be reduced to nighttime hours for thesecond half of the sentence. She was also ordered to do 150 hoursof community service and her house arrest will be followed by oneyear of probation. While Cadieux read from a summary of the facts from the case, hesaid Kiryanova was not the head of the fraud operation, but was someone who benefited from it financially. She was described,in a presentencing report Cadieux requested in March, as someonewho wanted to make more money while living beyond her means.Kiryanova s former fianc , Yafim Goikhberg, was described incourt Wednesday as the actual head of the operation. ProsecutorNinette Singoye said the five-year prison term Goikhberg iscurrently serving involves crimes Kiryanova took part in. As a partof her sentence, Kiryanova is not allowed to communicate withGoikhberg and she is not allowed to seek employment as animmigration consultant. Goikhberg, a Canadian citizen of Russian origin, had three yearsand seven months left to serve when Superior Court Justice SophieBourque sentenced him on Sept. 9. According to a judgment Bourquerendered in the case, Goikhberg worked as an immigration consultantfor eight years before his arrest and had many contacts in Russia,Israel and countries that were part of the former Soviet Union. Heworked with agencies based abroad whose clients sought helpimmigrating to Canada. He was quick to greet his clients the moment they stepped off aplane at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport and took control of theirlives when the new arrivals were most vulnerable. Bourque noted inher judgment that the immigrants had no intention of seeking statusin Canada illegally. Goikhberg instead steered them toward seekingrefugee status and committed fraud by obtaining federal funds byclaiming his clients needed financial assistance for healthreasons. He used 53 fake documents to pull off his scam and threatenedclients if they didn t follow his orders. When he would show up ata Citizenship and Immigration Canada office he controlled thesituation by acting as an interpreter for his clients. Following aMontreal police probe, a jury convicted Goikhberg of bilking thefederal government out of more than $23,000 in financial assistanceand of defrauding eight people who paid for services he neverrendered. Less than three weeks after Goikhberg was sentenced in September, anew set of charges was filed against him. He faces 149 counts ofviolating the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act following aninvestigation by Canada Border Services Agency. The preliminary inquiry for Goikhberg s current case is scheduledto begin June 26. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as PVC Smart Card Manufacturer , Paper Scratch Card for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits IC Smart Card.
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