By Anh Do, Los Angeles Times
Mai Nhu Nguyen was arrested after taking 200 egg rolls from a citizenship applicant and $1,000 and $2,200 bribes from two other immigrants since 2011. Photo from Getty Images.
An immigration officer who demanded that a Vietnamese immigrant pick up hundreds of egg rolls and deliver them for an office party will stand trial later this year on bribery charges.
Mai Nhu Nguyen, an Irvine resident, allegedly took thousands of dollars from three applicants seeking citizenship or lawful permanent resident status, authorities contend.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employee was indicted last summer has been ordered to stand trial in June at U.S. District Court in Santa Ana.
Authorities arrested Nguyen, 47, last June after she allegedly accepted a $2,200 bribe from an immigrant awaiting citizenship.
Nguyen initially asked the woman for $3,000, noting that her application was very “complex,” but the woman was about to return to Vietnam and didn’t have enough cash, according to investigators.
After her trip, she allegedly met up with Nguyen and handed over the payment.
An earlier criminal complaint said that the defendant solicited and accepted other bribes in 2011, including $1,000 from a woman hoping for a green card.
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