A State Department official allegedly accepted round trip airline tickets to Las Vegas for himself and two exotic dancers, hotel rooms, jewelry, expensive meals and a job reference in exchange for visas.
The official who is based in Toronto has been charged with accepting bribes in exchange for issuing visas for employees of a jewel distributor based in New York. The official, Michael John O'Keefe, Sr. was Deputy Nonimmigrant Chief in the U.S. consulate in Toronto. Sunil Agrawal, CEO of STS Jewels, Inc., is also charged in the indictment.
