Officer, 26 More Alleged to Run Green-Card Scam
A U.S. immigration officer and his sister were among 27 people arrested on suspicion of running a business that arranged immigration green cards through sham marriages.
Federal prosecutors allege the suspects provided hundreds of permanent-residency documents -- green cards -- between April 2001 and November 2005 in exchange for fees ranging from $8,000 to $16,000, for a total of more than $1 million.
Immigration officer Phillip Browne, 40, and Beverly Mozer-Browne, 49, face charges including visa fraud and money laundering, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York said. Twenty-two people were arrested in New York, four in Florida and one in North Carolina.
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