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A Virginia man's guilty plea Wednesday to arranging sham marriages between U.S. citizens and Ghanaian immigrants reflects the government's increased focus on marriage fraud.
Eric Amoah, 42, a pharmacy technician from Ghana, was one of 22 people charged in the Washington, D.C., area two months ago with participating in a marriage and immigration fraud scheme. His sentence is pending.
Similar busts have occurred in the past year in California, New York and Utah. An investigation is underway in Gwinnett County, Ga., where two men are charged with bigamy for marrying at least 13 African women.
"We're definitely seeing more organizations" involved in marriage fraud, says James Spero, head of the Identity and Benefits Fraud Unit at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "We're stepping up our efforts."
Va. case highlights fraudulent marriages
Seeded on Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:56 AM EST
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