The Justice Department has charged 11 people in what prosecutors describe as one of the largest marriage fraud cases in U.S. history, alleging they helped arrange more than 1,000 sham marriages over a decade to obtain immigration status for foreign nationals, primarily Chinese citizens.
According to an indictment unsealed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York, the network operated from at least 2016 through July 2026 and charged some foreign nationals as much as $100,000 for a sham marriage and assistance obtaining a green card.
