Sunday, May 18, 2008

Feds arrest dozens for sham illegal alien marriages

Dozens of people have been arrested in a roundup of sham-wedding planners in Central Florida. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents busted several people for being middle-men between illegal immigrants and legal residents. They're accused of taking thousands of dollars from the aliens in exchange for arranging marriages so the illegals could get green cards and stay in the U.S. Among those arrested are Ornella Hammerschmidt and Yudith Nuccio (pictured). The federal indictment says they, along with Antonino Nuccio, Jr. filed papers with the state to form the company All Kind Services in Orange County. In 2004, they set up a Guatemalan man with a wife and paid her $2,000. In 2006, the company paid a woman $10,000 to marry a Brazilian national.

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