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Here Comes The Bribe: Woman Sold Sham Marriages For Immigration Status, Feds Say
A Fall River woman made millions arranging fake marriages for immigrants seeking legal status, federal prosecutors allege.
Jennifer Gonzalez, 43, ran the operation for more than a decade, charging $38,000 to $40,000 per marriage, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced Wednesday. Investigators say she earned more than $100,000 a year during the 10-year scheme.
Five other people were also arrested and charged with taking part in the scam marriage scheme.
Erica Daniels, 29, of Fall River;
Chreise Alejandro, 39, of Fall River;
Amara Pugh, 31, of Fall River;
Je…
NJ Man With 8-Inch Knife Creeped Up Behind Amish Woman In PA: Affidavit (Update)
A New Jersey man who previously entered the United States illegally crept up behind a 23-year-old Amish woman with a large knife and handcuffs near the Lancaster-Chester county line in Pennsylvania, attempting to kidnap her before she scared him off with a weed whacker, according to court documents and federal immigration authorities.
Junior Jose Davila-Moran, 26, of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, was charged with two first-degree felony counts of kidnapping, two counts of false imprisonment, simple assault, two counts of possessing an instrument of crime, and terroristic thre…
