Officials: Social worker scammed immigrant couple
Photo credit: NCPD | Police arrested Tula Baffi, 42, of Floral Park, a Nassau County social services worker accused of taking $11,000 from a Hempstead couple, after persuading them she could circumvent immigration laws and bring their three children from Peru to the United States, prosecutors said. (Aug. 31, 2009)
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A Nassau Social Services caseworker was arrested Monday after authorities said she took $11,000 from a Hempstead couple under the pretense that she would use her position to bring their three young children to the United States from Peru.
Tula Baffi, 42, of Floral Park, reportedly told the common-law couple that she worked with people facing immigration issues, and promised to do everything...
