Good afternoon. Today we are announcing the arrests and unsealing of an indictment out of the Southern District of New York charging 11 individuals for allegedly overseeing an extensive decade long marriage fraud scheme involving more than 1,000 sham marriages between Chinese nationals and United States citizens. and then the submission of fraudulent applications for green cards. This is one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in United States history. (00:04–00:25)
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