Tens of thousands of immigrants were scammed by attorney, lawsuits cite

Washington state attorney Alexandra Lozano is accused of creating fake stories of trafficking and abuse without her clients’ knowledge, according to an investigation and lawsuits.

An attorney in Washington state promised “miracles” to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status in the United States.

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Instead, Alexandra Lozano created fake stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking to apply for humanitarian visas without her clients’ knowledge, according to several lawsuits and a legal ethics investigation. They say she preyed on immigrants’ desperation to drain their bank accounts while leaving them at risk of deportation.

She is accused of hiring workers who didn’t have proper legal credentials and building an assembly-line system to rush through applications, even copying clients’ signatures onto documents they never saw.