Federal authorities say a former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military has admitted he falsified records to obtain a visa and come to Rochester.
With his plea and conviction, Dilbar Gul Dilbar faces possible deportation, according to a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court. The fate of his wife and five children was not immediately clear.
Court records show the Afghan national admitted to paying someone to submit what he knew was a false approval letter from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as part of his application for a Special Immigrant Visa.
A limited number of Afghan SIVs were reserved for interpreters who assisted the U.S. military and government officials for at least two years. Authorities have confirmed Dilbar worked for the armed forces during the war in Afghanistan, but intermittently. In the plea, he admitted that he attested to the accuracy of his SIV…
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