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Florida man gets 7 years for arranging 80 fake marriages

Florida man gets 7 years for arranging 80 fake marriages – Florida Weirdness

Florida man gets 7 years for arranging 80 fake marriages – Florida Weirdness

An Indian man living in Florida has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for arranging more than 80 fraudulent marriages. A federal investigation began in 2017 after authorities noticed an unusually large number of marriages in rural Alabama counties involving Indian men who were unlawfully in the U.S. and women from Bay County, Florida.

Authorities say each woman was promised $12,000 for a fraudulent marriage so that the men could gain immigration benefits.

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