11 charged in "marriage fraud" scheme for allegedly paying U.S. service members to wed Chinese nationals
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 11 people in an alleged "marriage fraud" ring, accusing them of setting up sham weddings for immigration purposes. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in Florida accuses the suspects of engaging in a conspiracy to recruit Americans, preferably U.S. service members, for marriages with Chinese nationals. Prosecutors accuse Anny Chen, 54, who lives in New York, and another conspirator of recruiting U.S. Navy service member Raymond Zumba to marry a Chinese
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