助理移民部长Senator The Hon. Michaelia Cash今天宣布：
一名前注册移民中介，被MARA取消中介资格后，仍在提供移民服务。在今天的听证会上，这名费注册移民中介被判有罪。她/他将接受300个小时社区服务，1万澳元罚款以及支付庭审和翻译费用。
该名中介被取消中介资格后，仍非法提供移民服务，并提供假材料协助申请人非法获得签证以获取不当收益。
笨尼浩友情提示：在澳洲提只有注册移民中介可以提供移民服务，这是法律的要求。要查询一个中介是不是注册移民中介，可以通过MARA网站查询：www.mara.gov.au
Prosecution of unregistered agent for facilitating migration fraud
An unregistered migration agent was sentenced for migration fraud offences in the Magistrates Court of Victoria, the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash said today.
The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) into unlawful migration assistance to visa applicants. Maria Nani was found guilty today of providing false documentation to visa applicants in return for money.
Minister Cash said the former migration agent continued to provide unlawful assistance to visa applicants after her registration was cancelled by the Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority, who had determined that she was not a fit and proper person to give migration assistance. Nani was found guilty of having assisted non-genuine applications for skilled and family visas.
In today’s hearing, Nani lodged a plea of guilty and was convicted. She was sentenced to a community corrections order of 300 hours’ community service over 18 months across all charges, fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $113.90 costs and $4075 in repatriation orders.
Minister Cash said where the department becomes aware of fraud, the matters are fully investigated and can result in criminal and administrative penalties.
“A person who is found to have wilfully lodged or assists someone to lodge fraudulent visa applications containing false or misleading information for migration purposes will be considered for prosecution to the full extent of the law,” Minister Cash said.
“The department works closely with other government agencies, both federal and state, to assist in the identification and prosecution of people committing fraud against the Commonwealth.”
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