WATCH: AG Blanche announces charges over green card scheme involving 'sham' marriages
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice charged nearly a dozen people for running a scheme that used fake marriages to help hundreds of Chinese nationals get green cards illegally. The group arranged over 1,000 sham weddings, charging up to $100,000 per green card over about ten years.Key Facts
- The scheme involved fake marriages between U.S. citizens and Chinese immigrants.
- U.S. citizens were paid up to $30,000 to enter these bogus marriages.
- The organizers charged up to $100,000 per green card, making tens of millions of dollars.
- Officials say the group arranged more than 1,000 sham weddings.
- The case was described as one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in U.S. history.
- The scheme lasted about a decade and was run from New York.
- Defendants included people who performed the fake wedding ceremonies.
- The charges were announced during ongoing U.S. immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.
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