A New York assemblywoman in her first term became the latest state lawmaker to be forced out of office as she pleaded guilty on Friday to two felonies in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
The assemblywoman, Gabriela Rosa of Manhattan, unlike some of her convicted colleagues, was not accused of bribery; she was undone by making false statements, including one concerning a fraudulent marriage that she admitted was part of an immigration scheme.
Ms. Rosa told Judge Denise Cote that she had gotten married some years ago to “regularize my immigration status.”
“I married this person and it was not a real marriage,” she said.
Prosecutors said that around 1996, Ms. Rosa, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, paid a United States citizen about $8,000 to enter into “a sham marriage” while she was in a relationship with a man she would later marry; she ended the sham marriage a few years later. In subsequent submissions to the immigration authorities, she falsely represented that her marriage had been bona fide, the government said.
Ms. Rosa pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements, to immigration authorities and in a bankruptcy proceeding. As part of her plea, Ms. Rosa agreed to resign from the Assembly, where she had represented the 72nd Assembly District, which includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.
Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, said that Ms. Rosa’s crimes “cut to the heart of her legal qualification to serve the people of the State of New York as a New York State assemblywoman.”
“She gained the ability to run for that office only as a result of a yearslong immigration fraud, and then she compounded her lack of fitness to serve by defrauding a federal bankruptcy court,” Mr. Bharara said.
Ms. Rosa also admitted that she had received $1,000 from a representative of a foreign government in connection with her election to the Assembly, a violation of the campaign finance laws, and she agreed to return the money, her plea agreement says.
Although she faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when sentenced on Oct. 3, the plea agreement says that both sides have agreed that the recommended guideline range is 12 to 18 months.
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We keep bringing in the illegals, but Chief Wahoo is relegated to Mascot Reservation Land. What has America become? Soon it will be overrun by illegals, hipsters and bike lanes.
She paid $8 thousands? she could have found someone to marry her for less money if she had come to Corona!
Lol....That's what NYC gets for allowing these illegals to break into this country and giving them sanctuary! This country, especially NYC, gets better by the day! And this city allows these illegals to vote....now look the illegals voted an illegal as an assemblywoman! I can't wait to see what fraud comes next amongst these ny politicians!
Lack of values, integrity, and contempt for our laws made her the perfect democrat and then it dawned on her what's the easiest way to make a living and eventually live well? Become a NY politician
what a shady lady.
this current amnesty that they are giving immigrants just reeks of voter bribery.they are just using desperate people.
there's got to be a way to simplify the citizenship process too dissuade foreigners from sneaking across and living in the shadows.this has gone way too long and its just causing unnecessary strife for all of us,citizens and illegals.
Rosa comes to the US and enters into a sham marriage to become legal and gain citizenship.
She then defrauds a bankruptcy court and takes $1,000 from a foreign government while running for the Assembly.
I'm sure that these offenses are not the only ones she has committed yet she has the unmitigated gall to claim,
“I didn’t get rich out of my position,..."
Rich? She may not have become rich in the monetary sense but she certainly became rich with power as a member of the NY State Assembly.
She is lucky that she is a political insider. Instead of getting the book thrown at her as ALL law breaking politicians should she only will serve 12 to 18 months and probably less with time off for good behavior.
After her release the government should deport this illegal immigrant scum ball.
Who's next to come out? John Liu and Peter koo?
What do you want when you have a Foreign Occupier in the White House?
What's next for her? City Council of course!
Unfortunately she is only one of many "lawmakers" who have no respect for the law. I guess Albany would be empty if we got all the lawbreakers out.
I wonder if Melissa Mark-Viverito will say some sympathetic things about her.
Whatever happened to deportation?
Make her go back to the DR.
they should set an example with her and let her do 12 years in prison -- that is a fair deal --
Just like the president nothing will happen to her because she not only a person of color but an "poor impoverished illegal immigrant" who didn't know better at the time.
The judge is likely to suspend the sentence and give her probation.
Whats happening in this country is just unbelievable, people in Australia are even commenting "Americas finished" "Gone mad" "crashing" on shortwave radio broadcasts
Well, this was inevitable given the antics in NY these days.
"I wonder if Melissa Mark-Viverito will say some sympathetic things about her.
Probably not since Mark-Viverito is a Puerto Rican and the Floozy is a Dominican.
Asked and answered, George. Move along to the next bit of extreme right-wing paranoia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61hzuGGJX0
Has anybody seen the Foreign Occupier and Drug Addict's Columbia University admission and financial aid request forms?
Asked and answered again, George. You and Mr. Trump need to come up with fresher material.
Thank you, Preet Bharara. Once again a federal prosecution gets results.
For all the people working in the DA's office, the AG's office, and Cuomo's commissions, they never seem to be able to identify and prosecute felons like Gabriela.
C'mon, Trump, deport her!
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