NBC New York
July 23, 2010

A former U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent has been sentenced to serve four and half years in prison today, after coercing a female applicant to perform sexual acts in exchange for her green card.

The former screening officer, Isaac Baichu, 59, of the Bronx. was convicted of demanding and receiving sexual favors from a female who was applying for U.S. Citizenship in December of 2007. Baichu lead the woman to believe that if she failed to comply, he would use his position within the DHS to deny her application, officials said.

His victim was a Colombian woman who had applied for a green card based on her marriage to an American citizen.

The woman eventually gave in to his demands and met Baichu on Queens Blvd where she got into his car -- she told officials that Baichu coerced her to perform oral sex on him in return for assisting her with her application.

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