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Published on: 7/30/2009
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But then two former employees of the Glendale firm asked him last year to review their applications to legalize their presence in the United States, which had been prepared by principle attorney James Hector Alcala but rejected by the government.
Starr spotted what appeared to be forged letters verifying that one of them had worked for Mexican employers.
The American Fork attorney -- who had worked for the Alcala firm for less than a year beginning in 2006 and now has his own practice -- knew his former colleague had been living in Utah during the time he supposedly worked in Mexico.
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The evidence likely was included in a federal investigation that resulted in an indictment unsealed Tuesday against Alcala, his law firm, seven current or former employees and a property management company.
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Appearing before U.S. Magistrate David Nuffer in Salt Lake City were James Hector Alcala, 41, principle attorney of The Alcala Law Firm; Carlos Manuel Vorher, 43, a firm paralegal and former U.S. Border Patrol agent; Andres Lorenzo Acosta Parra, 31, a firm employee who had worked as a visa assistant at the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; and Gustavo Ballesteros-Munoz, 45, accountant for the law firm.
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Nuffer ordered Alcala, Vorher and Acosta Parra released from jail and to be monitored via ankle bracelets.
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The magistrate agreed to requests by Alcala and Vorher that Acosta Parra get the only ankle bracelet available Wednesday because his wife is expected to give birth this week.
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Alcala and Vorher will be released when two more ankle bracelets are available, probably today.
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