Hunch Unravels Immigrant Wedding Scam
Odd Behavior at Arlington Courthouse Leads to Arrests in Probe of Green-Card Marriages
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, November 13, 2006
They didn't hug. They didn't kiss. They didn't even sit together.
Many couples going to the Arlington County Courthouse seemed more like strangers than people applying for marriage licenses. A man named Sam often escorted them to the sixth-floor clerk's office. Sometimes, there would be a furtive exchange of money in the elevator.
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Circuit Court Clerk David Bell tipped off police about the sham marriages, triggering a nearly four-year investigation. (By Carol Guzy -- The Washington Post) |
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