Saskatchewan (Canada), January 23, 2020: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has charged Gurpreet Singh for allegedly running a fraudulent Saskatchewan immigration scheme which exploited work permit exemptions afforded to certain temporary foreign workers.
In the chargesheet, it is alleged that Gurpreet (34) impersonated registered charities by falsifying job offer letters and then selling them, for profit, to individuals seeking to gain entry to or remain in Canada.
He is charged on the following counts: misrepresenting material facts in an immigration matter; counselling others to misrepresent material facts in an immigration matter; committing forgery by knowingly making false employment letters that were used to support immigration applications; and dealing forged employment letters as if they were genuine.
These offences were allegedly committed between June 1, 2016, and November 2, 2018. The CBSA launched its investigation in September 2018 after identifying a fraudulent job offer letter presented at a port of entry. In total, the CBSA’s Criminal Investigations Section uncovered 34 immigration applications that were linked to fraudulent job offer letters.