Sham Marriage Ring in Southern California

H.G. Reza reports in the LA Times:

Ten more suspects have been snared in an ongoing federal investigation into a scam involving Asians willing to pay thousands of dollars to immigrate to this country by entering into phony marriages with U.S. citizens from Vietnamese and Chinese communities in Southern California.

The defendants, who come from the Little Saigon area of Westminster and the San Gabriel Valley, were indicted on charges of posing as spouses in order to petition for green cards for men and women to emigrate from China, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Thursday.

Some suspects had petitioned for as many as 10 spouses, said Frank Johnston, ICE assistant agent in charge in Los Angeles. The arrests are the latest in a five-year investigation called Operation Newlywed Game, which has already resulted in 49 convictions. Click here for the rest of the story.

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