Canadian Authorities Turn Over Apprehended Fugitive Accused Of Running Loan Modification Racket To State Department For Shipment Back To California

In Niagara Falls, Ontario, The Niagara Falls Review reports:

• A U. S. man wanted in California for fraud and larceny has been arrested at the Rainbow Bridge. Canada Border Services Agency notified their U.S. counterparts Thursday that a 25-year-old man was being returned stateside. U.S. Customs and Border Protection was told the man was living in Toronto under an assumed name when he was arrested in July and charged with importing false documents.

• CBP officers verified the man was the subject of a U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Securities Service warrant for passport fraud and is also wanted on nine felony counts of larceny. According to the CBP, the suspect had operated a business named Legal Support Services which offered foreclosure prevention services to clients on the brink of foreclosure. Charged with various offences is Amir Rashidifar. Rashidifar was turned over to agents with the Diplomatic Security Service pending extradition to California.

Source: Man sent to U. S. on fraud, larceny charges.

In a related story, see Niagara Gazette: Customs agents make second arrest for fraud:

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have made a second arrest in connection with a California mortgage fraud case. Mary Margaret DelVecchio, 28, of San Jose, California, was taken into custody Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge. DelVecchio had been deported from Canada earlier in the day for violating her visitor status. Customs agents said DelVecchio is wanted on nine felony counts involving theft of personal information, false personation and conspiracy to commit a crime. Agents said DelVecchio admitted that she is the girlfriend of Amir Rashidifar, who was arrested by CBP Officers on Aug. 13 for similar outstanding warrants in California.