Fifty individuals were arrested and named in 27 federal indictments because they entered into sham marriages to gain U.S. residency.<\/p>\n
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started rounding up and arresting 50 people named in 27 federal indictments on August 11, 2009. All were part of a scheme based in Cincinnati, Ohio, to arrange fraudulent marriages with the intent of evading U.S. immigration laws. The participants in the questionable activity included 23 foreign nationals and 27 U.S. citizens who they had married under false pretenses, although all fifty were known to be in cooperation with each other.<\/p>\n
Thirty-three individuals were immediately taken into federal custody.<\/p>\n
A federal grand jury had returned the indictments on August 5. Marriage fraud is a crime involving falsely written statements or false representations that is increasingly involved with immigration paperwork and has been diligently prosecuted under the Bush and Obama Administrations. Each of the crimes is punishable (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fifty individuals were arrested and named in 27 federal indictments because they entered into sham marriages to gain U.S. residency. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started rounding up and arresting 50 people named in 27 federal indictments…<\/span><\/p>\n