Immigration Frauds:- A USA Based marriage agency is facing federal charges, accused of allegedly arranging fake marriages for more than 400 foreign national. 

U.S. Attorney MS Rollins said foreign nationals each paid at least $20,000 to $30,000 to be paired with an American to secure USA Passport via this fake marriages.

A Philippine national residing in California named Marcialito Biol Benitez, Known as Mars is the the mastermind of this scam. From October 2016 to March 2022 he ran this company.

The local person was paid an upfront fee and monthly instalments from the foreign nationals to maintain the marriage until they get their green card.

All clients were coached that how to answer in their visa interviews with immigration officials, to prove their fictitious relationship stories matched and each knew vital information about the other. The agency is also accused of staging pictures of the couple, including wedding pictures and etc.

The accused and his staff would then submit fraudulent, marriage based immigration petitions to U S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency responsible for granting lawful, permanent resident status. 

Recently eight of 11 people in the case were arrested. Immigration Frauds.