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Jack G. Miller
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Mar 2, 2012
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immigration
Whoever is behind this posting should be ashamed of themselves. This is obviously either a competitor or someone who is on a vendetta to slander and harm both Ms. Codina and Codina International. I am a retired civil servant and professional engineer and was employed by the Government of Canada for many years. I have known Ms. Codina for some decades and have been a resident of Ottawa for more than 40 years. During that time, Ms. Codina articled with the law offices of Stikeman, Elliott, in Ottawa, and also worked as assistant to Parliamentary counsel, Mr. Joseph Maingot, where she was involved in the drafting of legislation for the House of Commons, and was the author of an article on the Law Reform Commission of Canada which appeared in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin, a publication that is distributed in all of the democratically-elected parliaments of the world. During that period, Ms. Codina also worked with the Privy Council Office and the then Department of External Affairs and acted as press and liaison officer during the first Economic Summit of the G-7, which took place in Ottawa. She was responsible for escorting heads of state, including British Prime Minister Thatcher, and French President Mitterand, and the foreign delegations at the summit. Ms. Codina was also employed with the legal department of the Canadian Transportation Commission, and the Department of Justice where she worked as legal researcher, and was legal assistant to several judges (i.e., Judge Guy Goulard, Judge Marin, Judge Beaulne), including Crown Attorney Louise Charron who is currently a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The information contained in the links referenced on this site is inaccurate, false, slanderous, and out-of-date, and should not reflect upon the integrity of Ms. Codina's character. I have attached Ms. Codina's resume and profile detailing her background. I believe that the references set out therein should suffice to counter any doubts in this respect. Over the several decades of our acquaintance I visited regularly the offices of Codina International in both Canada and the United States and can attest to the high level of professionalism and service provided to clients of the firm. What the posting fails to indicate is that the judgment which was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals was initially obtained by perjured evidence of Richard Friedman, an investigator with the New York State Attorney General's Office. It also fails to indicate that the article which appears in the link from the New York State Attorney General's Media Center has continued to be published in the internet for more than 10 years after the judgment was overturned, thus, establishing actual malice and defamation on the part of the New York State Attorney General's Office.
Eliot Spitzer is currently being sued for $90 million over a column he wrote for Slate. William Gilman and Edward McNenney, two former Marsh executives, filed separate suits against Spitzer, claiming that they were libeled by the column. Both were among the eight Marsh employees convicted on antitrust charges, but those convictions were overturned three months before Spitzer's column appeared. I refer the reader to the following link on the current lawsuit against Spitzer - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/eliot-spitzer/sued-slate-column. Ms. Codina is attempting to join forces with both of these plaintiffs to sue Eliot Spitzer and the New York State Attorney General's Office over the slanderous article referred to in this posting.
I also direct the reader's attention to such prominent publications as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the New York Daily News, which published, even before his encounter with the escort agency that ended his gubernatorial career, highly critical articles of Eliot Spitzer's prosecutorial conduct in criminalizing widely accepted business practices and convicting hundreds of corporate executives and prominent individuals of fraud when in fact no laws had been broken. The Wall Street Journal's editorial columns have also carried highly denunciatory articles about Spitzer's practices, including his intimidation techniques which disrupted and destabilized numerous entities such as AIG which ultimately cost U.S. authorities 180 billion dollars. These articles are but a few of such accounts. If anyone has any further questions, I would be happy to receive them.
Jack Miller, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Ottawa, Ontario
[email protected]
PROFILE OF ANGIE CODINA
LANGUAGES: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese,
German, Greek, Italian
EDUCATION
1. Ontario Bar Admission Course - 1983
Called to the Bar – April, 1983
2. University of Ottawa – 1978-1981
LL.B. – Bachelor of Laws – Bilingual Common-Law Program
3. University of Ottawa – 1982
Institute for International Development and Co-operation
Diploma in International Cooperation
4. McMaster University – 1977-1978
Double Honours Political Science & Philosophy
5. Cégep du Vieux Montréal – 1975-1977
Diplome D’Etudes Collégiales
Philosophy Major
6. Scott Park Secondary – 1971-1975
High School Diploma
7. Greek Language School
Greek Language Diploma
8. German Language School
German Language Diploma
9. Spanish Language School
Spanish Language Diploma
10. Royal Conservatory of Music
Work experience:
IPI Publishing Limited
Writer 1983
Writing of a French Book on Constitutional Law
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Bureau of Management Consultants
Consultant 1983
Consulting on termination of projects of international scope
Deputy Minister of Finance - Department of Finance
Correspondence Officer 1982
Responsible for incoming and outgoing correspondence
and press for the Deputy Minister
Stikemann, Elliott
Barristers and Solicitors
Principal: Mr.G.Kane
Articling 1981-1982
Type of work: administrative-regulatory and communications law; corporate-commercial law; editing of the Regulatory Reporter (CRTC); Arctic Pilot Project – exploration of gas in the Arctic - National Energy Board Hearings – attendance and reporting on the hearings; research in administrative law, human rights and transportation matters; research in labour law;writing article “Regulation of Transportation in Canada” for the Enterpriser magazine; Gas Export Hearings – National Energy Board; Drafting of legal opinions – memoranda.
Canadian Transport Commission - Legal Services Division
Type of work: research in Air Transport, Railway Transport, Water Transport; National Transportation Act; Research and analysis of Air Carrier regulations; Air Transportation Act; editing 1981 Canadian Transport Commission report; representing the CTC in court ( i.e. Federal Court of Appeal – Air Canada v. Canadian Human Rights Commission ); attending and reporting on Mississauga Rail Derailment Hearings.
Honeywell, Pascoe, Garay &Stel
Barristers and Solicitors
Type of work: -insurance law; administration of estates; - real estate (closing real estate transactions, 40 years searches etc.); litigation; family law and Criminal Law; Attending court; representing clients; corporate-commercial law; drafting of writs, statements of claim, statements of defence. 1981
Canadian Transport Commission Legal Services Division
Legal Assistant to Mr.G.W.Nadeau - General Counsel;
Research in administrative law, regulations; drafting of legal opinions on different areas of the law. May-September, 1981.
Special Examiner’s Office County of Ottawa-Carleton
Interpreter: interpretation during “discoveries” – pretrial; translation of documents – i.e. birth certificates; languages employed – French, Spanish, Greek, English. Portuguese, Italian, German. 1980-1983
Law firms in the City of Ottawa
Freelance interpretation and translation
Parliamentary Counsel and Clerk of the House of Common-Mr. Joseph Maingot
Legal Assistant: research in the field of legislative drafting, proofreading of text on Parliamentary Process (published by Mr. J. Maingot 1982) Research and writing of article “The Law Reform Commission of Canada”
published internationally in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin. 1980
The Honourable Justice G.Goulard
Department of Justice and Ontario Family Court Legal Researcher:
Research in family law; building –up family law course taught by the Honourable G. Goulard at the University of Ottawa. 1979
Ms.Louise Charron - Crown Attorney
Legal Researcher: research in Administration of Estates. 1979
Acres Consulting Services Ltd.
Translator: translation of Greek Governmental Documents and By-Laws for a firm of engineers; 1978
Ministry of Employment and Immigration
Montreal, Quebec
Interpreter: translation and interpretation in Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German from French and English and vice versa. Mainly interpretation for deportation, non-immigrant status cases. 1977
PUBLICATIONS
“The Law Reform Commission of Canada” – published internationally in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin under the auspices of the House of Commons.
“Transport Regulation in Canada” published in the Enterpriser under the auspices of Stikeman, Elliott.
“Proposed Amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Act”, brief submitted to the National Association of Women and the Law and accepted as the position of the Province of Ontario.
Editing of the Regulatory Reporter – Canadian Radio Television Commission (CRTC cases)
Editing the 1981Federal Court of Appeal Cases for the 1981 Canadian Transport Commission Report under the auspices of the Canadian Transport Commission.
Papers written under the auspices of Stikeman, Elliott:
- Submarine Transportation: A Contribution to Canada’s Jurisdiction over the Arctic
- Assistance to Business in Canada
- Pre-Incorporation Contracts
- Certiorari
- Wrongful Dismissal
- Review under Sect ions 18 and 28 of the Federal Court Act
- Airline Licences and Eligibility to acquire other Licences
Articles Published in Newspapers: “The Canadian Reaction”; “Quebec: A Structural Dilemma”; “Theorie de la Philosophie”; “Feminisme: Faits et Mythes”; Federal-Provincial Conflict
Papers submitted to the University of Ottawa:
- Foreign Investment and Canadian Independence;
- Human Rights and Changing Attitudes Based on the Charter, the Declaration and the Covenants – Legal Obligations;
- Le Statut du Quebec dans le Canada de Demain
- L’Enchassement des Droits Fondamentaux
- Proportional Representation in the Canadian House of Commons
- Linguistic Rights in Canada – New Options – New Attitudes?
- On Jurisprudence
Extra-Curricular Activities
Vice-President Student |Council
Secretary Student Council
Editor of “The Spartan Times”
Representative of the Department of Philosophy on Faculty Council and Student |Council – Cegep du Vieux Montreal
Assistant – Editor of the Collegial Journal
President of G.O.Y.A.
Vice=President of the Cretan Association
Contributor to the McMaster Newspaper
President of the Spanish Club
Co-ordinator and Public Relations Officer for “The Zorba Dancers”
Theory and Practical (Honours) Royal Conservatory of Music
Member of the Preventive Law Program
Member of the Student Legal Aid Society
Membre de l’Association des Etudiants d’expression francaise de la Common Law
Membre de l’Association des Avocats d’Expression francaise en Ontario
Communications Officer for the Ottawa Association of Women and the Law
Delegate to the Conference of the National Association of Women and the Law – Calgary 1979 – Amendments to the Criminal Code
Research and drafting of brief on “Unemployment Insurance”
Lobbied at the National Conference – Halifax 1981 -
Assistant Editorship Ottawa Law Review
Member of the Human Rights Institute of Canada
Member of the Young Lawyers International Association
Member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Sport Awards
1st Prize – Intra-Mural Basketball
1st Prize – Intra-Mural Volleyball
1st Prize – Miler’s Club
1st Prize – Track&Field
2nd Prize – Track & Field
Award – Gymnastics Club
Award – Badminton Club
Proficiency Award in Physical Education
Other Prizes/Awards/Titles
Prix de la langue francaise – 1975
Award of Merit – Scott Park Secondary 1975
Award in Administrative Commerce
Teachers’ Merit Award – Commercial – 1975
1976 Proficiency Award – Hamilton Board of Education
1975 Scott Park Trophy
Centennial Award
Himmeurs en Musique et Theorie du Royal Conservatory – 10-e annee
Scholarship of $2000 by the Ontario Government for French 1980
Greek Language Diploma
German Language Diploma
Spanish Language Diploma
Proficiency Award in the Greek Language
Award for German
Dean’s Honour List – McMaster University
Program Standing – First
REFERENCES
Mr.Gilbert W.Nadeau, General Council, Canadian Transport Commission
Mr.Joseph Maingot, Commissioner – Federal Law, Reform Commission, Former Law Clerk & Parliamentary Counsel – House of Commons
His Honour Judge Guy Goulard, Department of Justice, Ontario Family Court
His Honour Judge Marin, Provincial Court – Ottawa
His Honour Judge Beaulne, County Court – Ottawa
The Honourable Justice Maxwell Cohen, International Court of Justice
Professeur G.W.Beaudoin, Constitutional Expert, Former Dean, Faculte de Droit Civil, Universite d’Ottawa
Professor Tarnopolsky, Faculty of Common Law, Human Rights Institute, University of Ottawa
Professor Castel, International Private Law Expert, Editor of the Ontario Bar Review
Mr.Douglas V.Heath, Department of Industry, Trade&Commerce, Former Special Assistant to Minister Munro
Mr.V.Chapman, Executive Director, World Food Aid Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, United Nations
Mr.T.G.Kane, Former Counsel – CRTC, Editor of the Regulatory Reporter, Counsel – Stikeman, Elliott
Mr.Denis Scott, Senior Counsel, Canadian Transport Commission
The Honourable Senator, Royce Frith, Deputy Leader of the Government
Mr.Eric Warg, Director of Policy Division, Department of External Affairs
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Greggreg
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Mar 12, 2012
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immigration
I cannot agree with the response from this so called guy named "Jack Miller" being a victim myself.
All I can suggest from my personal experience being a victim of Codina International DO NOT engage with Codina or believe in Ms. Angela Codina. You will risk all you money and your future if you go with them just like what I had experienced.
One more important shabby practice by Codina International that I want to bring to your notice. Kindly check the agreement documents when you pay them, because they will try to provide some piece of shit paper documents with warranties that they would refund your money in case they cannot fulfill your case. This piece of shit paper is not a legal bonding and it is not even worth a toilet paper because you cannot use it to sue them or make a complaint or take it to court.
Greg
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Almost-A-Victim
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Mar 30, 2012
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immigration
Many thanks to people who posted their stories about how they had been victimized by Codina International. I was going to refer her firm to my relative for their immigration needs. They wanted to immigrate to Canada under the Investors Program. I'm so glad I did a research and looked more into this company. I think the best you can do to help people from falling victim to this fraudulent company is to make your stores searchable on search engines, particularly Google. I know you have helped me. These scams have been going long enough and it's about time we help put a stop on it. Another way to help, I suppose, is to write your stories as a victim and publish them on your community newspaper. People usually have very good memmory with the bad names and so they can immediately avoid it and help spread the words out. Maybe you can look into a class action lawsuit just like the one in this article where Angela Codina was indicted for victimizing thousands of people.
Fraudulent Immigration Lawyer Sentenced
Attorney General Spitzer today announced that Angie Codina, who fraudulently portrayed herself as an immigration lawyer and victimized hundreds of people seeking to become United States citizens, was sentenced to a term of 9 1/3 to 28 years in prison and ordered to pay $108, 840 in restitution by Manhattan State Supreme Court Judge Laura Visatacion-Lewis . Codina, 42, is a Canadian national, who operated a law office in the Helmsley Building on Park Avenue.
Following a ten day trial that ended on May 12, Codina was convicted of two counts of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree; ten counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, one count of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree and 14 counts of Practicing as an Attorney at Law without being admitted and registered in New York State.
Testimony at the trial indicated Codina defrauded as many as 1, 000 victims. Witnesses testified they each lost from $7, 000 to $178, 000 and that Codina stole more than $260, 000 in legal fees from the 17 victims named in the charges against her. One victim who was scheduled to testify was unable to do so because he was stranded in the Czech Republic as a result of an exclusion procedure for which he had originally sought Codina's legal assistance.
"My office will vigorously prosecute those who prey upon those who are looking to improve their lives. This defendant boosted the hopes of those least able to afford legal representation. What resulted were falsehoods and shoddy representation, " said Spitzer. "Codina turned the dream of American residency and citizenship into nightmares for those who hired her."
The defendant held herself out as lawyer even though she was not authorized to practice law in New York State. Her firm, known as Codina Partners International Attorneys-at-Law, advertised in English and foreign language newspapers. The ads falsely stated that the firm was qualified to provide legal assistance on work visas, green cards, and refugee applications and Codina had offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Paris, Miami, Montreal, London, Toronto and Washington, D.C.
Codina's clients included individuals from Russia, the Ukraine, Albania, Greece, Poland, India, Pakistan, Korea and Israel and other Eastern European nations.
The case was handled by Assistant Attorney General Bernadine Agocha, of the Attorney General's Criminal Prosecution Bureau, under Bureau Chief Janet Cohn.
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Almost-A-Victim
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Mar 30, 2012
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immigration
The link to the above article is
http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/fraudulent-immigration-lawyer-sentenced
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James J McGuire Jr.
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Apr 3, 2012
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Libelous Review of `"Almost Victim"
I disagree with the latest unidentified person who calls himself “almost victim” and who has taken the liberty to write the March 30th review on Codina International making reference to the link which has been removed from Google. I am an attorney called to the bars of New Jersey and Virginia and work with Angela Codina and Codina International. I find these disparaging remarks to constitute very serious libel and defamation against both the company Codina International and Ms. Codina and urge the Complaints Board to remove immediately both of these unidentified individuals` reviews as a legal action is being initiated against both the Board and its editors and the two unidentified individuals cited here for making libelous and defamatory statements.
Preliminarily, it should be noted that neither of these two gentlemen have identified themselves (I assume the person who commented on March 30th is also a male). The first commentator gave his first name as Greg and only in response to Mr. Miller`s comments. And although he claims to be a victim of Codina International, he does not specify in which way he was victimized or what his case consisted of. Instead he simply makes reference to third-party articles or sites to bolster his claim. This is disingenuous at the very least.
Moreover, to say the retainer agreement entered into with Codina International is worthless and has no legal status in a court of law is absolutely false. If this person was in fact victimized or wronged he would have recourse to a court of law where he could sue for breach of contract. For him to claim otherwise is because he knows very well that he has no valid claim to pursue and that is why he vents his frustration by posting comments on this site.
I know Ms. Codina to be a very honest, responsible and professional individual, and if Mr. Greg is serious about resolving any alleged dispute between himself and the company, he should speak to her or me instead of writing malicious and anonymous comments. That is the only civil and proper way to handle these types of matters.
The second most recent commentator is also anonymous and his slanderous comments should have been edited and not printed by the editors of this site. Firstly, he has never been a client of Codina International and so for him to direct readers to the defamatory site with Spitzer`s article and then to recommend a class action suit is truly unbelievable. It certainly smells of a jealous competitor to me.
Secondly, and as already indicated in Mr. Miller`s earlier comments, the link which the commentator refers to and the article which he reprints in his comments are outdated and false because Ms. Codina was successful in that lawsuit and the link and article have since been removed from the internet and Google following a U.S. $600 million dollar lawsuit launched by Codina International and Ms. Codina in the United States District Court. In these circumstances, the reprinting of the article and the reference to the link constitute actual malice towards Ms. Codina and Codina International. These commentators and the editors of the Complaints Board were well aware of the record of the evidence in favor of Ms. Codina and yet, recklessly disregarded these facts.
I would also like to remind this latest commentator that even though he believes he is posting his comments anonymously, his identity and that of the Greg commentator will eventually have to be disclosed in the upcoming lawsuit against the Complaints Board and the two of them. Indeed, the Complaints Board sets out its disclosure policy on its site and warns complainants that “ComplaintsBoard.com may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
• Respond to a legal process (e.g., subpoenas, court orders).
• Respond to claims that a listing or content violates the rights of third parties.
• Enforce our Terms of Use.
• Protect the rights, property or personal safety of ComplaintsBoard.com, its users or the general public.”
The Complaints Board also provides a libel notice on its site warning complainants that “[i]n case if a court defines that a consumer complaint constitutes libel or defamation, the mentioned consumer would be held legally responsible for damages to the reputation of the business, mentioned in complaint.” Nor should the editors of the Complaints Board and owners of this site think they are exempt from any legal liability themselves because they are not.
Please govern yourselves accordingly.
James J. McGuire Jr., Esq.
[email protected]
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James J McGuire Jr, Esquire
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Apr 4, 2012
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immigration
I disagree with the latest unidentified person who calls himself “almost victim” and who has taken the liberty to write the March 30th review on Codina International making reference to the link which has been removed from Google. I am an attorney called to the bars of New Jersey and Virginia and work with Angela Codina and Codina International. I find these disparaging remarks to constitute very serious libel and defamation against both the company Codina International and Ms. Codina and urge the Complaints Board to remove immediately both of these unidentified individuals` reviews as a legal action is being initiated against both the Board and its editors and the two unidentified individuals cited here for making libelous and defamatory statements.
Preliminarily, it should be noted that neither of these two gentlemen have identified themselves (I assume the person who commented on March 30th is also a male). The first commentator gave his first name as Greg and only in response to Mr. Miller`s comments. And although he claims to be a victim of Codina International, he does not specify in which way he was victimized or what his case consisted of. Instead he simply makes reference to third-party articles or sites to bolster his claim. This is disingenuous at the very least.
Moreover, to say the retainer agreement entered into with Codina International is worthless and has no legal status in a court of law is absolutely false. If this person was in fact victimized or wronged he would have recourse to a court of law where he could sue for breach of contract. For him to claim otherwise is because he knows very well that he has no valid claim to pursue and that is why he vents his frustration by posting comments on this site.
I know Ms. Codina to be a very honest, responsible and professional individual, and if Mr. Greg is serious about resolving any alleged dispute between himself and the company, he should speak to her or me instead of writing malicious and anonymous comments. That is the only civil and proper way to handle these types of matters.
The second most recent commentator is also anonymous and his slanderous comments should have been edited and not printed by the editors of this site. Firstly, he has never been a client of Codina International and so for him to direct readers to the defamatory site with Spitzer`s article and then to recommend a class action suit is truly unbelievable. It certainly smells of a jealous competitor to me.
Secondly, and as already indicated in Mr. Miller`s earlier comments, the link which the commentator refers to and the article which he reprints in his comments are outdated and false because Ms. Codina was successful in that lawsuit and the link and article have since been removed from the internet and Google following a U.S. $600 million dollar lawsuit launched by Codina International and Ms. Codina in the United States District Court. In these circumstances, the reprinting of the article and the reference to the link constitute actual malice towards Ms. Codina and Codina International. These commentators and the editors of the Complaints Board were well aware of the record of the evidence in favor of Ms. Codina and yet, recklessly disregarded these facts.
I would also like to remind this latest commentator that even though he believes he is posting his comments anonymously, his identity and that of the Greg commentator will eventually have to be disclosed in the upcoming lawsuit against the Complaints Board and the two of them. Indeed, the Complaints Board sets out its disclosure policy on its site and warns complainants that “ComplaintsBoard.com may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
• Respond to a legal process (e.g., subpoenas, court orders).
• Respond to claims that a listing or content violates the rights of third parties.
• Enforce our Terms of Use.
• Protect the rights, property or personal safety of ComplaintsBoard.com, its users or the general public.”
The Complaints Board also provides a libel notice on its site warning complainants that “[i]n case if a court defines that a consumer complaint constitutes libel or defamation, the mentioned consumer would be held legally responsible for damages to the reputation of the business, mentioned in complaint.” Nor should the editors of the Complaints Board and owners of this site think they are exempt from any legal liability themselves because they are not.
Please govern yourselves accordingly.
James J. McGuire Jr., Esq.
[email protected]
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JohnnyD
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Feb 9, 2013
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Codina-International
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-lawyer-imprisoned-in-us/article4166327/
A Toronto immigration lawyer, once convicted in Canada on fraud charges, now faces a lengthy stay in a U.S. prison for fleecing clients.
Angelina (Angie) Codina was sentenced Monday in a Manhattan court to a prison term of 9{ to 28 years. She was also ordered to pay $108,840 (U.S.) in restitution.
After a two-week trial in May, she was convicted in the Manhattan State Supreme Court of two counts of scheming to defraud, 11 counts of grand larceny, and 14 counts of practising as an attorney without being licensed in New York state.
Her lawyer, Lewis Reiss, said his client will appeal both the conviction and the sentence.
If she loses her appeal, Ms. Codina must, under U.S. law, serve the full 9{ years before she can apply for parole. It could take several months to a year before her appeal is heard, Mr. Reiss said.
Whether Ms. Codina serves only the 9{ years or a longer time depends on how she handles her incarceration, said Brad Maione of the New York State Attorney- General's office.
Since her conviction, Ms. Codina has been housed at the Rose M. Singer Center at the Ryker's Island Prison in New York, but she will be moved to Bedford Hills Prison, the only women's prison in New York State, Mr. Maione said.
Ms. Codina ran afoul of Canadian law in 1993 when she was convicted by a Toronto court of counselling a visitor to lie on his immigration papers. She appealed her six-month sentence and in 1995 the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside her conviction and ordered a new trial. She was convicted again after a second trial in 1997, but the charges were eventually stayed.
That same year, she was convicted of defrauding the Ontario Legal Aid Plan of $20,000 by making claims for cases she never worked on. That conviction is still under appeal.
Despite her legal problems, the Law Society of Upper Canada did not disbar Ms. Codina, but that could change now that she has been sentenced in the United States. The society suspended her last month for not paying this year's law society fees.
Ms. Codina kept her law office on Bay Street, Codina & Pukitis, while operating Codina Partners International on New York's Park Avenue.
Mr. Maione said she passed herself off as an immigration lawyer licensed to practise in New York, but never took the state's bar exam.
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xue
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Aug 30, 2013
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Codina International cheated me
I am one of Codina international's victim. Angela codina cheated my sister. She promised to help my sister to immigrate to Canada. she charged her more than $16000. But she didn't do anything after we paid. I tried to call her almost everyday, but they just tell me to call different people different times. Nobody tells me anything. They change people in the office all the time. I heard that she doesn't pay her staff as well. And the staffs are not allow to tell paid clients her phone numbers and where she is. All the good comments about her are from people work for her. She was in prison in the US before and Charged in Canada as well. Just google Angela codina you will find all this information. This is one link :http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-lawyer-imprisoned-in-us/article4166327/. I was stupid. And I hope this will help somebody.
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xue
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Sep 27, 2013
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Angela Codina fraud
I have One question for Angela Codina!
If she is telling us that we are all lying, then how she can explain this:
There are the list of court dates against Angela m Codina from her clients from January 2013
JANUARY 4, 2013 URDU POST 7765 HURONTARIO ST. 2nd FLOOR BRAMPTON, ONTARIO
JANUARY 15, 2013 FRIDOON SEDIKI 47 SHEPPARD AVE EAST 3rd FLOOR TORONTO, ONTARIO M2N5N1 (307 COURT ROOM)
FEBUARY 11, 2013 LIN GUO HUA 10 RUE SAINT-ANTOINE EST MONTREAL, QUEBEC H2Y1A2 (ROOM 14.08)
FEBUARY 12, 2013 JAMIL AHMAD 10 RUE SAINT-ANTOINE EST MONTREAL, QUEBEC H2Y1A2 (ROOM 14.12)
MARCH 27, 2013 ERENDIRA MOLINA CERDA 47 SHEPPARD AVE EAST 3rd FLOOR TORONTO, ONTARIO M2N5N1 (301 COURT ROOM) @10:02 A.M.
APRIL 09, 2013 SARA CHITIZADEH 47 SHEPPARD AVE EAST 3rd FLOOR TORONTO, ONTARIO M2N5N1 (300 COURT ROOM) @10:02 A.M.
JUNE 19, 2013 DMYTRO LIANSHENKO 161 ELGIN ST. 2nd FLOOR OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P2K1 (ROOM NOT SPECIFIED) @9:30 A.M.
MOHADDAD KHADEMPOUR DATE NOT YET SPECIFIED
YAWAR SYED DATE NOT YET SPECIFIED
JEYASHADGER SANGARALINGAM DATE NOT YET SPECIFIED
LISA MARRIE SENKUS DATE NOT YET SPECIFIED
November 25, 2013 @ 10:02 am Fridoon Sediki Case # SC-12-00009148-0000
14 AUG 2013 YINGCHUN LI Claim # SC-13-00023994-0000
14 AUG 2013 MOHAMMAD KARIM KOCAN Claim # SC-13-00024939-0000
14 AUG 2013 UMAIR AZAM CLaim # SC-13-00024028-0000
22 MARCH 2012 KHATERI FATEMEH Claim # SC-13-026435-00
1ST JANUARY 2013 SINGH BHUPINDER/ KAUR HARDEEP Claim # SC-13-24029-00
4 SEPTEMBER MARZBAN ZAHRA Claim # SC-12-13057-00
30 APRIL 2013 FARIBA MAHMOODI LUFARA Claim # SC-13-00019540-0000
30 APRIL 2013 A. ALAJEAL GELF Claim # SC-13-00019342-0000
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xue
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Sep 27, 2013
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Angela Codina fraud
A Toronto immigration lawyer, once convicted in Canada on fraud charges, now faces a lengthy stay in a U.S. prison for fleecing clients.
Angelina (Angie) Codina was sentenced Monday in a Manhattan court to a prison term of 9{ to 28 years. She was also ordered to pay $108, 840 (U.S.) in restitution.
After a two-week trial in May, she was convicted in the Manhattan State Supreme Court of two counts of scheming to defraud, 11 counts of grand larceny, and 14 counts of practising as an attorney without being licensed in New York state.
If she loses her appeal, Ms. Codina must, under U.S. law, serve the full 9{ years before she can apply for parole. It could take several months to a year before her appeal is heard, Mr. Reiss said.
Whether Ms. Codina serves only the 9{ years or a longer time depends on how she handles her incarceration, said Brad Maione of the New York State Attorney- General's office.
Since her conviction, Ms. Codina has been housed at the Rose M. Singer Center at the Ryker's Island Prison in New York, but she will be moved to Bedford Hills Prison, the only women's prison in New York State, Mr. Maione said.
Ms. Codina ran afoul of Canadian law in 1993 when she was convicted by a Toronto court of counselling a visitor to lie on his immigration papers. She appealed her six-month sentence and in 1995 the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside her conviction and ordered a new trial. She was convicted again after a second trial in 1997, but the charges were eventually stayed.
That same year, she was convicted of defrauding the Ontario Legal Aid Plan of $20, 000 by making claims for cases she never worked on. That conviction is still under appeal.
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Sep 27, 2013
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Angela Codina fraud
Angela Codina of Codina International has been convicted of FRAUD in Canada. She has also been convicted in the US on 2 counts of scheming to DEFRAUD, 11 counts of GRAND LARCENY, and 14 counts of practising as an attorney WITHOUT LICENSE. AVOID Codina International or you too will have money stole.
Report her to The Law Society Of Upper Canada.
She cheated my sister too.
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Sep 27, 2013
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Angela Codina fraud
The link to the above article is
http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/fraudulent-immigration-lawyer-sentenced
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athanasios
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Oct 11, 2013
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I wish to express my great gratitude to Codina International and its team of dedicated professionals who obtained an extension of my visitor status in Canada for an additional 12 months and helped me to obtain my work permit. Their attentiveness to detail and the personal care that was shown to my file, left a permanent impression with me. I highly recommend them for any immigration service.
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