Vietnamese massive marriage fraud ring unraveled by ICE [merged threads]

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

ICE, in conjunction with local authorities, have unraveled a massive marriage fraud ring run by a Vietnamese woman out of her home in Houston, Texas. Almost 100 people were indicted, more than 50 were arrested already and some were caught at the airports as they tried to flee the country.

 

I gotta give it to my people, when the do a fraud ring, they do it right! $70,000 a pop and she's been at in since 2013, Jesus holy bucket of money....

 

https://abc13.com/nearly-100-charged-in-massive-houston-marriage-fraud-scheme/5298079/

[Boiler 43,453]

I am sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[cyclone27 710]

It seems a well known ploy in the Viet community.  70k is high - heard 20-30k is the going rate. 

 

Anyways will make things even harder for those with legitimate relationships.  Not to mention future repercussions for those involved in it - jail and deportation.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/96-people-charged-texas-marriage-fraud-scheme-green/story?id=63027773

 

Nearly 100 people in Texas have been indicted on federal marriage fraud charges, in a scheme allegedly aimed at securing U.S. Green Cards for Vietnamese nationals, according to officials.....The suspected criminal organization allegedly created 150 sham marriages in the past six years

[sweethrtt 124]

The lengths people will go to...I swear it’s mind numbing and it infuriates me because these idiots make it harder for people who are in real true relationships. They should get sentenced to life in prison and/or deported for good. Just my two cents. 

[Moses Bee 276]

This must be a serious immigration issues ?

[sweethrtt 124]

11 minutes ago, Moses Bee said:

This must be a serious immigration issues ?

This is a huge issue... major... absolutely despicable if you ask me. I’m glad the USCIS found these people and put a stop it.... 96 down...

[Falcon Cara 378]

I hope the attorney looses her licenses to practice law in the USA

[nastra30 1,987]

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The marriage fraud is so rampant I literally do hear people talk about doing it so casually sometimes, as if it's a cool thing to abuse the system.

[TBoneTX 43,062]

Thread is moved from US Immigration News to the Current Events & Hot Social Topics forum and is merged with existing thread on this topic.  Feel free to keep contributing.

[Dashinka 23,252]

I am all for ICE cracking down on any and all immigration fraud.  There are a couple of threads regarding the Farmington University sting, but of course fraud exists across all aspect of immigration.  I only wish they ended the practice of adjusting while inside the country.

[Unlockable 7,306]

Holy cow, $50k to 70k per hook up????

 

 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

23 hours ago, Boiler said:

I am sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Of course it's only the tip. The demand is really high in Vietnam. When there's demand, there's supply. There are advertisements all the time in the Vietnamese FB groups and such.

 

43 minutes ago, Unlockable said:

Holy cow, $50k to 70k per hook up????

 

 

I know!!! As a Vietnamese, I am both disgusted by the news and yet astonished at my people's business acumen as well as "how the hell did these people get all these money?" At $50k-$70k, they made between $7.5 million and $10.5 million in the last 5 years, tax free! The average household income in Vietnam is around $2,000/year. How the in hell they paid this kind of money? I know the wealth discrepancy is high too in Vietnam, but Jesus holy bucket.  

Edited May 15, 2019 by USS_Voyager

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

I only wish they ended the practice of adjusting while inside the country.

That doesn't have anything to do with anything, man. There is a legitimate need to be able to adjust status inside the US. For example, refugees, you can't send them back to where they're from to do consular processing! The whole point is they can't live there, that's why they left.

 

But this story is not about AOS. This ring, with the help of the lawyer, created entire backstories, albums, photos, trips,.... everything. They know how to tick all the boxes to get through USCIS and the Consulate. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

So you're telling me I can get a cute Vietnamese wife, PLUS $70,000 for taking care of her?  Is there a way to see her first, or is it a "sight unseen" kind of deal?