DOJ accuses Jamaican woman of committing marriage fraud and lying to boost disability benefits

Published June 11, 2026 10:57am ET | Updated June 11, 2026 11:08am ET



An illegal immigrant from Jamaica, who allegedly overstayed her tourism visa by more than a decade, is accused of committing marriage fraud to stay in the country, joining the Army to expedite becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen, and then fraudulently claiming disability benefits through veterans’ services.

Britney Sherene Curry, 26, a Jamaican national living in Charlotte, North Carolina, was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of conspiring to commit immigration fraud, making false statements under oath in immigration documents, unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship, mail fraud, and wire fraud, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.

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