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The San Francisco Superior Court sided with San Francisco’s city attorney last week, charging predatory immigration consultant Leonard Lacayo over $600,000 in civil penalties and lawyer’s fees.

Lacayo and his associates have allegedly posed as immigration lawyers at their Mission District office for years, charging vulnerable immigrants thousands of dollars for fraudulent legal advice. In 2017, the city attorney’s office sought an injunction against Lacayo’s firm, which advertises itself as a tax preparation service and, five years later , filed a motion to e

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