MI doctor helped candidates skip citizenship test
May 20, 2009
A West Bloomfield psychiatrist pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to commit naturalization fraud, admitting he falsified diagnoses to help people gain U.S. citizenship without passing the English-proficiency portions of naturalization exams.
Between 1999 and 2001, Chilakamarri Ramesh, 54, worked at a Dearborn immigration clinic called Four A's Hope Global Psychological Evaluation Center and performed psychiatric evaluations on naturalization applicants, according to federal agents.
Ramesh falsely diagnosed applicants with mental retardation, post-traumatic stress disorder, learning disabilities and dementia.
The Detroit Free Press
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