A man and his daughter, both from Los Angeles, have been arrested and charged with conspiring to commit visa fraud by organising sham wedding operations for Chinese immigrants seeking green cards.
Chinese father and daughter arrested over arrangement of fake weddings [PHOTOS]
Chinese-born 65-yr-old Jason Shiao and his daughter, 43-yr-old Lynn Leung, had allegedly charged up to $50,000 from clients who were hoping to get legal immigration status
This 'sham' wedding photo was one of pictures investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Chinese-born 65-yr-old Jason Shiao and his daughter, 43-yr-old Lynn Leung, had allegedly charged up to $50,000 from clients who were hoping to get legal immigration status.
According to Daily Mail, the father and daughter duo would pay financially desperate American citizens to pose as fake bride and grooms. Including gay men to play grooms to straight women.
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Shiao and Leung had amassed up to $3.5million from the scam, staging both sham weddings and honeymoon to provide customers with fake documents.
Police say that if the pair are convicted, they face up to five years in prison each and the green card holders face the prospect of deportation.
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