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Massive Marriage Fraud Ring Exposed | Oakland News
Eleven people are facing federal charges for orchestrating a decade-long, multi-million-dollar sham marriage ring that allegedly arranged over a thousand fake unions to help foreign nationals obtain U.S. immigration status—each victim paying up to $100,000 while U.S. participants earned as much as $30,000. The operation, spanning multiple states and countries, used elaborate tactics including staged weddings, joint bank accounts, and even fake insurance policies to deceive immigration officials. Authorities executed search warrants in NYC, leading to arrests of suspects aged 26 to 72, who now…
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