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U.S. v. FIRISHCHAK

No. 05-3852.

468 F.3d 1015 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Osyp FIRISHCHAK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Kenety, Department of Justice Criminal Division, Special Investigation, Jeff Menkin (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Maher (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

In 1949, Osyp Firishchak filed an application for a visa to the United States under the Displaced Persons Act ("DPA"). In November 1954, he became a naturalized United States citizen. Several decades later, the Department of Justice uncovered documents suggesting that Firishchak served in the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police ("UAP") during World War II—a fact he did not disclose in his 1949 visa application. The discovery of these documents resulted...

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