Prosecutor Ryann Jorban, left, who's on the immigrant fraud unit stands and looks on as District Attorney Jackie Lacey announces prosecutions during a news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 in Los Angeles. Operating with virtual impunity in Los Angeles for years, con artists have long targeted immigrants desperate for help to become U.S. citizens and other expert legal help, defrauding them of life savings and only hastening their deportation or other disasters. But a new fraud unit at the district attorney's office has been targeting the fraudsters since 2017, prosecuting eight cases that cheated at least 300 immigrants out of at least $3 million, prosecutors announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)
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