Green Card Scam Tied To Slaying At Pizzeria

Washington Post ^ | September 1, 2009 | Paul Duggan

[La Lydia]

The beating death of a pizzeria owner in Northeast Washington two weeks ago was tied to an immigration scam in which the victim had agreed to pay a Maryland woman $500 a week to marry his brother, then reneged on the deal after the wedding, a witness told D.C. police. At first, the slaying of Shahabuddin Rana, 44, inside his Pizza Mart in the 2300 block of Fourth Street NE appeared to have stemmed from a conventional robbery, police said. But they said a bizarre story took shape in the days afterward, leading to the arrest Friday of Shanika Robinson, 26, of Capitol Heights.

...Detective Robert Cephas said a witness told him that Rana had been paying Robinson to continue in a sham marriage with his brother, a Pakistani national who helps run the Pizza Mart. The scheme was intended to improve the brother's immigration status and help him eventually get his green card, the affidavit says.

The deal fell apart, however, after the brother, whom police have not publicly identified, found out that Robinson "was having sexual affairs," Cephas wrote. Even though the brother and Robinson were married only on paper and did not live together, Rana "became upset" with Robinson and told her "that she would not be getting paid the money that they agreed upon anymore," the affidavit says.

Robinson, accompanied by three men, allegedly confronted Rana while he was alone in the 24-hour pizzeria late Aug. 17 or early Aug. 18. Police said his assailants slashed and beat Rana, fracturing his skull in several places, then tried to burn his body before fleeing with about $2,000 in cash and packages of cigarettes and cigars....

[La Lydia]

Life in Your Nation's Capital. So, was the groom a visa overstay, an "immigrant" who entered illegally? How do you "improve" your immigration status?

[null and void]

The deal fell apart, however, after the brother, whom police have not publicly identified, found out that Robinson "was having sexual affairs," Cephas wrote. Even though the brother and Robinson were married only on paper and did not live together, Rana "became upset" with Robinson and told her

Why is it that the muslims are the most sexually insecure people on the planet?

[2banana]

$2000 a month for a fake wife is cheap. Real ones are much more expensive! :-)

[La Lydia]

Their religion and culture teaches them to view and treat women as items of personal property. What’s going on here is the equivalent of someone having stolen and driven his car, a car that he, nevertheless, didn’t want to drive. What a slut of a car! But I agree with you, Muslims appear to be the most sexually insecure people on the planet. I am also vastly amused at the lengths they go to to avoid “temptation,” as if they are unable to control themselves and will turn into rapists if they see a woman’s arms or, in extreme cases, a woman’s face.

[null and void]

Even ex ones cost more!

[proudpapa]

Dang. And just before Ramadan. Obummer will be deeply saddened.

[Mila]

"Why is it that the muslims are the most sexually insecure people on the planet?"

I'm going to speculate that, sexually, they have no idea what they are doing and are afraid that they will suffer by comparison with other men. Based on this case that insecurity seems to apply even if they are not sleeping with the woman. They all seem very sexually and emotionally immature.