Operator of Large-Scale Marriage Fraud "Agency" Pleads Guilty

Department of Justice
Written By Cody Brown

A California man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to running a large-scale marriage fraud “agency” that arranged hundreds of sham marriages for the primary purpose of circumventing immigration laws. This included, among other things,  obtaining green cards under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by claiming the undocumented clients had been abused by alleged American spouses.

Cody Brown
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