Former Medical Doctor Convicted of Naturalization Fraud in Ohio

USCIS said it provided critical assistance in an investigation that led to the conviction of former internal medicine doctor Yousif Abdulraouf Alhallaq for naturalization fraud. He lied on his Form N-400 and in a sworn interview about a 2014 attack on his pregnant girlfriend before becoming a U.S. citizen in 2018.

Key points

• Alhallaq, born in Kuwait, entered the U.S. on an H-1B visa in 2006 and became a lawful permanent resident in 2011.
• In 2014, he secretly poisoned his girlfriend's food with an abortion drug to end her pregnancy without her knowledge, causing serious physical harm.
• On his 2017 Form N-400, he falsely answered that he had never hurt or attempted to hurt someone or committed an uncharged crime.
• He repeated the same false answers under oath during a 2018 naturalization interview and was naturalized on May 4, 2018.
• In 2021, he separately pleaded guilty to attempted murder and felonious assault and was sentenced to four years in prison.
• He now faces up to 10 years in prison for naturalization fraud and possible denaturalization.

Who is affected

The case concerns naturalization applicants who conceal past criminal conduct, and highlights USCIS fraud detection efforts in the N-400 process.

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