Four people caught running ‘large-scale’ marriage scam to get green cards for 600 migrants: DOJ
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Four Philippine nationals in Los Angeles were arrested for arranging fraudulent marriages between U.S. citizens and illegal migrants to secure at least 600 green cards.
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Authorities said that 50-year-old Marcialito Biol Benitez operated the agency in a brick-and-mortar office in Los Angeles between October 2016 and March 2022. She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
Benitez's scam marriages and adjustment of his clients' immigration status cost between $20,000 and $35,000 in cash, the attorney's office said. Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
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