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Massachusetts prosecutors allege decade-long scheme used sham marriages to seek immigration benefits
Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts operation arranged hundreds of fraudulent marriages over more than a decade, earning more than $6 million. U.S. Attorney Leah Foley led a Boston briefing on the case Wednesday.
A marriage-fraud operation in Massachusetts arranged hundreds of sham marriages to obtain immigration benefits and generated more than $6 million, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
U.S. Attorney Leah Foley led a news conference in Boston about charges in the case. Prosecutors said the alleged operation ran for more than a decade. Officials from Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services were expected to attend.
The public announcement describes the scale and alleged purpose of the scheme but does not identify defendants or provide details about the charges. The allegations have not been tested in court.