Manhattan attorney John C. Lin was disbarred Tuesday by a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. He was disbarred automatically as a result of being convicted of a federal crime equivalent to a New York felony, Penal Law §175.35, which prohibits offering a false instrument for filing.
Lin was one of at least eight attorneys involved in a conspiracy to commit immigration fraud, according to an April press release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
