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Peruvian Citizen Extradited To The U.S. For Operating Fraudulent Call Center Targeting U.S. Citizens

Apr 1, 2024

Jose Alejandro Zuñiga Cano, a resident of Lima, Peru, faced his first court appearance March 29 in Miami federal court following his extradition to the United States. The 40-year-old stands accused of orchestrating a large-scale fraud and extortion scheme involving Peruvian call centers that preyed on Spanish-speaking individuals in the United States. Zuñiga’s arrest on…
TikTok Faces Ban In U.S. After House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Force Parent Company to Sell

Mar 15, 2024

In a significant move on Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at compelling TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media platform within six months or risk facing a ban in the United States. The bill received overwhelming support with a final vote count of 352-65, comfortably…
Law School Application Tips for Foreign Students

Feb 6, 2024

Because the U.S. is a global hub of legal education and practice, American law schools attract many foreign applicants. Most commonly, applicants come from countries with similar common law legal systems, like Canada, the United Kingdom, India and English-speaking nations in Africa and the Caribbean. But growing numbers of applicants from Asia, Latin America and…

Peruvian Citizen Extradited To The U.S. For Operating Fraudulent Call Center Targeting U.S. Citizens