DOJ Busts Massive $100K-a-Head Marriage Fraud Ring Arranging Over 1,000 Fake Green Card Unions

A US passport and wedding rings illustrate an alleged scheme involving more than 1,000 sham marriages arranged for green cards (Credit: Micah and Sammie Chafin/Unsplash)

The US Department of Justice has charged 11 people over an alleged decade-long marriage fraud operation that prosecutors say arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages, primarily involving Chinese nationals, to help foreign nationals obtain US green cards.

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday charged 11 people in a decade-long scheme that arranged about 1,000 sham marriages to allow mostly Chinese nationals to achieve legal immigration status in the United States, according to court documents. https://t.co/aT12TFecqA

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