Immigration and Customs Enforcement has
announced Kristo Ivanov, 70, a former acrobatic performer, has pleaded guilty to illegally helping as many as 870 aliens enter the US based on false claims of coming to work in Florida circuses. Ivanov charged between $500 and $2500 to prepare the applications.
Ivanov owns a circus booking agency that he used as the vehicle to sponsor the applicants over a five year period. He will pay a $600,000 fine. Sentencing will be determined next month.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 7:21 PM