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The scheme, which involved US citizens being recruited and paid to marry Bulgarians, appears to have started in 1997, Assistant US Attorney Kevin McDonald said. "The allegations are that this was a ring, a conspiracy, to engage in fraudulent marriages," he said.
A federal indictment charged 13 Bulgarians and 15 US citizens with conspiring to arrange or participate in the marriages. More than a dozen also faced an additional marriage fraud charge. "They did not reside together as husband and wife, and had no intention of residing together," the indictment states. The marriages occurred in South Carolina, where the US citizens were recruited, and Georgia, the indictment stated.
Advertise Here Advertisements If convicted of the conspiracy charge, each person would face up to five years in prison. Many suspects appeared in court Wednesday and were released on bail, McDonald said.
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