davelowell123

Thank you for the information. I am a victim too but am frustrated because the process takes so long. Plus the attorney fees are high so I have been self representing (pro se) over the past 2 years. 15 days after the wedding that took place in Chicago I discovered a series of conversations that I had translated into English which proved she was already in a 7 year relationship with a man living in the Philippines. In another conversation she states she will divorce me after she receives her papers. What really struck me about the conversations was how many knew the marriage was not legitimate.....family both in Philippines and Chicago, friends, neighbors. Some coaching her along the way. I handed all evidence including the conversations fully translated to English. One story is unbelievable as my spouse is talking with a scammer friend who makes money from her 20 plus boyfriends throughout Europe and USA. Once I found out I was being defrauded I reported immediately to immigration and kept submitting information through the reportfraudtips e-mail service. I filed for an annulment in Dec 2014. I had a difficult time serving her because she kept moving to different relatives in the Chicago area....I live in CT. I did a google search ( Filipino marriage fraud Chicago) and found a hand full of articles. I recognized some of the names related to my spouse .......I started researching the people associated with her and saw some who were arrested for identity theft and marriage fraud. Caregiver fraud is part of this network too. The women associated with my spouse were all married to an American and now divorce. While the annulment was pending in CT a Chicago attorney called me in June 2015 and offered me a proposal which I considered a bribe. I asked for a written copy. They wanted me to receive a $2,000 cash settlement to drop the fraud charge and change the annulment to a divorce. I rejected as it's against the law to accept cash in exchange for an immigration benefit. They in turn filed a petition for divorce stating no other actions were pending in any other county or state which was false. I had to retain an attorney to dismiss the petition costing me over $3,000. Annulment was granted in Sept 2015 but vacated in May 2016 due to a clerical error. New hearing in CT June 24 2016. Plus the Chicago attorney filed a civil suit against me in Dec 2015 with false allegations. I was never told but now I feel they filed a VAWA which is another fraud because she never lived with me after the wedding. At this time I'm trying to get the annulment to stick and dismiss the civil case from Chicago plus report the VAWA application as a fraud.