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US charges 11 in alleged immigrant marriage scam – Zanesville Times Recorder
COLUMBUS (AP) — U.S. authorities in Ohio say 11 people have been charged in an alleged scheme to arrange sham marriages to help people from eastern Europe gain legal residency. Federal prosecutors say immigrants paid $17,000 to marry U.S. citizens …
Feds charge 11 in alleged immigrant marriage scam – Pueblo Chieftain
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. authorities in Ohio say 11 people have been charged in an alleged scheme to arrange sham marriages to help people from eastern Europe gain legal residency. Federal prosecutors say immigrants paid $17,000 to marry U.S …
County workers among 10 charged in marriage scams – Southtown Star
Ten people – including five current or former Cook County Traffic Court workers — have been indicted in an alleged scam to arrange sham marriages for recent immigrants. The indictment, handed up last week and revealed this morning following the …
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15 couples involved in sham marriages: Feds – Chicago Sun-Times
Love and marriage: in Cook County, it’s an institution you can disparage. In at least 15 cases, nuptials in the county were a complete sham, a component of an immigration scheme run in part by traffic court employees who were trying to make money on …
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County Employees Involved in Sham Marriage Scam, Feds Say – NBC Chicago
Five current or former county workers are among 10 people with Chicago connections indicted in an alleged scam to arrange sham marriages. Federal authorities say former Traffic Court employee Maria Cruz , 49, conspired to arrange up to 15 fake …
Easy Come, Easy Go: Prosper.com Hits Regulatory Hurdle
OK. Remember earlier this week when I posted a story about alternative lending? You remember. It was the upbeat story about peer-to-peer (p2p) lending — and how this credit crisis is good for business (link here). That story was written by Economix, a blog at the New York Times. The blog pointed out that more traditional-looking borrowers were turning to p2p for funding needs during the credit
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American Express Customers: Don’t Try This At Home
I hate writing these kinds of stories. On the one hand, it will help those who are currently doing — or thinking about doing — what I am about to write about. On the other hand, there will be some readers who will now go out and do exactly what I am trying to dissuade them from doing. That said, I can’t control what my readers do. They’ll do what they’re going to do. Here’s the deal. A
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