According to a document that was released by the Massachusetts District Attorney's Office, Marcialito Biol Benitez, who was in charge of the agency, worked alongside Juanita Pacson, Engilbert Ulan and Nino Valmeo. The organization received cash payments ranging between US$20,000 and US$35,000. for their task and they took care of everything in the fake marriages.
After being hired, These people paid American citizens to participate in arranged marriages. Once they secured the fake couple for a client, they performed the wedding with officiants hired online and conducted a photo shoot of the supposed ceremony as evidence to present to authorities. In the following months, they were in charge of advising the couple when faced with visits and questions from authorities to avoid problems.
The agency even had a resource in place to continue the farce if the American citizen lost contact. Then, They sought to avoid the removal of the green card by denouncing that the undocumented person suffered violence physical by his American partner.
The gang that arranged fake marriages to obtain a green card in the United States was convicted
In the case of Benitez, the leader of the agency, he was sentenced to 22 months in prison and three years of probation. Although the rest of the aforementioned members received different sentences, they were all found guilty the crimes of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and immigration document fraud.
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