In Florida, an immigrant organized a business on bogus marriages
In Florida, an immigrant confessed to engaging in visa fraud and conspiring to launder money. His American partner received 24 a month in prison for fake marriages and visa fraud.
Between February 2017 and August 2018, 47, a year-old Indian citizen, Ravi Colla, did business in fake marriages in Bay County, Florida, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Indian immigrants contracted fake marriages with Americans for immigration benefits. Most of them have overdue their visa requirements or student exchange programs and have been illegally residing in the United States, hoping to get a green card through a fraudulent marriage.
In the state of Alabama, an investigation revealed more 80 bogus marriages within the Call scheme.
Crystal Cloud is a 40-year-old US citizen who was Colla's accomplice, since October 2017 has been looking for Americans to conclude a fictitious marriage with foreigners from India. She directly recruited or participated in recruiting 10 and more US citizens from the Panama City area and Calhoun and Jackson counties. Cloud also collected personal information and passed it to Coll, who filled out fraudulent immigration forms so that foreigners stay in the United States.
Colla is detained. A hearing on his case is scheduled for 22 on May 2019 of the year in 11: 00 at the US courthouse in Tallahassee.
He faces a maximum of 5 years in prison for conspiring to commit fake marriages and issuing visas and a maximum of 20 years in prison for conspiring to launder money.
Previously ForumDaily писал about fictitious marriages, their cost and what it threatens for immigrants, as well as how foreigners get American citizenship through fake marriages.
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