Green Cards for Cash: The Alleged Greed Inside America’s Immigration System

Some individuals of Nigerian origin have committed serious crimes in the United States despite having legitimate opportunities. Those individuals should be held accountable, but their actions should not be used to characterize Nigerians generally.

One such case involves Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former senior immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Adeniyi Akeem Somoye.

According to the federal criminal complaint, the alleged scheme operated as a cash-for-immigration-approvals arrangement. Ganiyu allegedly used his official access to interfere with applications, bypassing required interviews, criminal-background checks, supervisory review, jurisdictional limits, and ordinary processing procedures. Prosecutors further allege that some applications were approved even though the applicants allegedly did not qualify.

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