US Charges 11 in $100K Sham Marriage Scheme for Chinese Nationals
US authorities have charged 11 individuals in connection with a scheme that arranged approximately 1,000 sham marriages for Chinese nationals, often involving American soldiers, for a fee of $100,000 per person. The operation facilitated illegal immigration through fraudulent unions.
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US charges 11 over sham marriages involving Chinese nationals and American soldiers
US prosecutors have charged 11 people over an alleged decade-long network that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages, primarily for Chinese nationals seeking green cards, including matches with at least 14 active-duty American soldiers. About 11 of the soldiers, who were stationed at a US Army base in Kentucky, were paired with Chinese citizens between May 2023 and August 2025, according to a 21-page indictment unsealed on Wednesday in federal court in New York. The indictment did not ident...
By Teresa Elena Frontado
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Attorney General Todd Blanche described the scheme as "one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in US history" and said it showed "how far people will go to cheat our immigration system."
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