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US busts ring accused of arranging hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts

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BOSTON — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts in order to help immigrants unlawfully obtain green cards and potential U.S. citizenship.

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Washington Examiner
DOJ accuses fraud ring of facilitating hundreds of sham marriages for illegal immigrants (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Oct 21, 2026
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Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman spent more than a decade arranging sham marriages for immigrants seeking legal status, collecting as much as $40,000 per couple and investing the proceeds in businesses and property in the Dominican Republic.
Hawaiitribune Herald
US busts ring accused of arranging hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)
Published Oct 22, 2026
Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description
BOSTON — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts in order to help immigrants unlawfully obtain green cards and potential U.S. citizenship.