Fraud Victim Turned Whistleblower
Elena Maria Lopez developed the nasty habit of chain-smoking cigars during her violent immigration fraud case and divorce. She justified it as her “Buddhist breathing technique.” In reality, she was trying to cope with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder - PTSD.
Developing PTSD was not only a reaction to her Dutch husband’s repeated violent attacks, but the refusal of congressional members, bureaucrats and various levels of law enforcement to protect her from a violent man that mental-health professionals describe as a sociopath -- and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) described as "dangerous."
Lopez is an immigration fraud victim turned whistleblower. In 2018, Lopez twice presented a series of national security immigration fraud cases at White House meetings. These involved foreign spouses using loopholes to bypass background checks, hide criminal activities and then quickly remarry active military with high-level security clearances.
The FBI contacted her about these cases in 2016. She first started warning government officials about the loopholes back in 2006 and the national-security clusters in 2012.
For years, she’s had high-ranking members of congress, the Department of Homeland Security, the F.B.I., think tanks, attorneys, investigators and journalists contacting her for background, data, research and national security trends regarding immigration fraud.
A former political journalist and financial writer, Lopez now tirelessly lobbies congress to change immigration laws victimizing Americans and the nation's security.
Luckily, Lopez has since quit chain-smoking cigars ... but is leaving it open as a viable option thanks to increased stress and continued government incompetence.
Although she is a domestic-violence victim put in hiding by the State of New Jersey, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) voluntarily and illegally dumped her sensitive personal information onto the Internet and gave it to various media organizations in 2017. This was a year after the DHS warned her that her ex-husband still poses a serious threat to her safety.
By breaking its own privacy laws, the federal government has, once again, put Lopez in serious danger.
Chain smoking cigars: Self-styled stress reduction after sponsoring a violent criminal into the U.S.