Four Richmond residents and a Man from Yukon were charged in an Immigration Fraud investigation.

VANCOUVER — Tzu Chun Joyce Chang, 49, Qiong Joan Gu, 66, Aillison Shaunt Liu, 31, and Shouzhi Stanley Guo, 38 from Richmond and Ian David Young, a 59-year-old resident of Whitehorse, Yukon have been charged in a “large scale alleged immigration fraud scheme,” according to the Canada Border Services Agency.

In 2015, CBSA began investigating the alleged fraud after being notified of suspicious documents submitted to IRCC in support of permanent residency applications, “On the surface, these appeared to be nomination certificates from the Yukon government issued under the Yukon Business Nominee Program, “the CBSA said in a news release.

“However, the Yukon government confirmed these documents were non-genuine and had not been issued by their office.”The Agency said the applications involving suspicious documents were not approved.Meaning no one was able to immigrate to Canada as a result of the alleged fraud.