The Queens County District Attorney’s office arrested Dariusz ( a.k.a. Darius) Buczynski, 44, of Maspeth on additional charges of immigrant fraud after calling for members of the public to come forward with any evidence that they may have been victims.
According to the complaint, District Attorney Richard Brown alleges that three couple separately met with Buczynski at his business, Anka Travel, which was on Fresh Pond Road. At various times, the immigrant couples paid Buczynski a total of $27,840 for assistance in securing government documents granting legal status, including work documents and legal resident status. No such documents were ever acquired.
“Earlier this year, I established an Office of Immigrant Affairs to assist members of Queens County’s various immigrant communities in navigating and accessing the criminal justice system because it has been my office’s experience that immigrants are often specifically targeted for fraud and exploitation due to their unfamiliarity with the law and their heavy reliance on finding someone to assist them in navigating the process of obtaining the necessary documents to work and remain in the United States,” Brown said. “This case clearly proves the need for such an office here in the county of immigrants as my office received many calls in the wake of the defendant’s initial arrest.”
Buczynski was arraigned last week in Queens Criminal Court on a criminal complaint charging him with third degree grand larceny and first-degree scheme to defraud, according to a release. He faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
Former embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez died yesterday at 74-years-old. The cause is believed to have been leukemia.
