DOJ accuses fraud ring of facilitating hundreds of sham marriages for illegal immigrants

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Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman spent more than a decade arranging sham marriages for immigrants seeking legal status, collecting as much as $40,000 per couple and investing the proceeds in businesses and property in the Dominican Republic.

Jennifer Gonzalez, 43, and five others were charged Wednesday with conspiracy to harbor immigrants, harboring immigrants, conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, and marriage fraud, according to the Justice Department.

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