Humberto Simao Criminal Story

Officer offered drug deal, court told, Humberto Simao One of the persons who did it

A Toronto immigration consultant has been found guilty of conspiracy, his name Humberto Simao

Humberto Simao criminal charges

Humberto Simao convicted for conspiring to import 10 kg of cocaine and immigration fraud

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Humberto Simao Criminal Charges: Ex immigratino consultant faces 67 immigration charges of forgery

This news appeared in the newspaper Toronto Star o November 27 1993

The RCMP probe followed a series of Star stories depicting the widespread abuse of official government documents, commonly known as 2151s, by self-styled immigration consultants.

Humberto Patricio Simao faces 67 charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and aiding and abetting in the making of false statements at immigration inquiries.

Simao and fellow Brazilian, Marcos Souza-Costa, 41, were convicted in May of conspiracy to import and traffic 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine after they were arrested in an RCMP undercover sting.

A former Toronto immigration consultant serving 4 1/2 years for cocaine trafficking has been ordered to stand trial on dozens of immigration-related charges.

The charges stem from a two-year Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into the use of government-issued job guarantees to people seeking landed immigrant status in Canada.

The RCMP probe followed a series of Star stories depicting the widespread abuse of official government documents, commonly known as 2151s, by self-styled immigration consultants.

The Star stories revealed how immigrants used the forms, obtained on the basis of bogus information, to obtain landed status in Canada. For the most part, the jobs didn't exist.

Thirteen people were arrested by the RCMP following The Star's probe. They face almost 300 charges.

A special task force comprised of six RCMP officers is continuing its investigation of consultants, immigration officials and lawyers. More arrests are expected, police said.

Humberto Patricio Simao faces 67 charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and aiding and abetting in the making of false statements at immigration inquiries.

Simao, 40, formerly of Perth Ave., was committed for trial after a preliminary hearing. He will be in court Jan. 28 to set a date for trial.

Simao and fellow Brazilian, Marcos Souza-Costa, 41, were convicted in May of conspiracy to import and traffic 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine after they were arrested in an RCMP undercover sting.

Simao was sentenced in July to 4 1/2 years in prison.

Souza-Costa was imprisoned for 6 1/2 years for conspiracy to import cocaine and for importing a powerful handgun equipped with a silencer.

Police found the gun in his luggage at Pearson International Airport as he was returning from a trip to Brazil.

Humberto Simao convicted for conspiring to import 10 kg of cocaine and immigration fraud

This is the publication from the Toronto Star

His co-accused, Marcos Souza-Costa, who also hails from Brazil, was imprisoned for 6 1/2 years for conspiring to import the 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine and for importing a powerful handgun with a silencer on it.

[Kevin Payne] posed as a buyer and met in a downtown restaurant with [Humberto Patricio Simao], who told him he could get 10 kilograms of high grade cocaine every week from his contact in Brazil.

A Toronto immigration consultant has been imprisoned for 4 1/2 years for conspiring to import 10 kilograms of cocaine into Canada from his native Brazil.

Humberto Patricio Simao, 40, of Perth Ave., was found guilty two months ago by Mr. Justice Ted Matlow of Ontario Court, general division, and had his $200,000 bail revoked at that time. He was sentenced on Friday.

He still faces charges involving the alleged sale of Canadian documents to illegal immigrants and refugee applicants.

His co-accused, Marcos Souza-Costa, who also hails from Brazil, was imprisoned for 6 1/2 years for conspiring to import the 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine and for importing a powerful handgun with a silencer on it.

The conspiracy, which took place between February and July last year, involved Sergeant Kevin Payne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drug squad.

Payne posed as a buyer and met in a downtown restaurant with Simao, who told him he could get 10 kilograms of high grade cocaine every week from his contact in Brazil.

Souza-Costa, believed to be bringing the drugs in to Toronto, was arrested at Pearson International Airport. Although no drugs were found, the gun with the silencer was in his luggage, prosecutor Claude LeFrancois said.

Souza-Costa, 41, was in pre-trial custody for one year.

The two men were found guilty by the jury of putting together a deal to bring large amounts of the drug into the city. At the time Simao was in desperate financial difficulties, court was told.