FILE PHOTO: An Iraqi interpreter enters a house during a patrol with U.S. army Alpha Company 1-64 Armored in the neighborhood of Adl in Baghdad November 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities pursuing a sweeping fraud investigation suspect some 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent applications for resettlement in the United States as refugees, and they are re-examining cases involving more than 104,000 others, according to State Department reports reviewed by Reuters.
More than 500 Iraqis already admitted as refugees have been implicated in the alleged fraud and could be deported or stripped of their U.S. citizenship, according to one document sent to members of Congress. It said there was "no indication to date that any of these 500+ individuals have ties to terrorism."
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