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MIAMI -- The honeymoon is over for a 26-year-old woman who was married at least 10 times. Eunice Lopez was charged with bigamy after federal immigration authorities discovered she had married 10 men between 2002 and 2006 without divorcing any of them. The Miami Herald reported Saturday that a records search by the newspaper found seven additional marriages under the bride’s name and birth date. “I can tell you that none of the individuals she married had any type of residency,” said Terry Chavez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney. “We can only assume that she...

When 24-year-old Yuliya Kalinina turned to the Internet in search of a husband, she made it absolutely clear what she was looking for in a relationship: "Green Card Marriage -- Will pay $300/month. Total $15,000," the Russian national living in Los Angeles wrote in an ad placed on the Craigslist website. "This is strictly platonic business offer, sex not involved." Just in case any would-be Romeos weren't taking the hint, she added, "NOT required to live together." Kalinina's direct approach was very attractive, drawing the attention not only of the man who would marry her, but also of agents from...

Even if the bride wore white, there's no guarantee of the green. More than half of all green card applications stemming from marriages to U.S. citizens in 2001 were denied by immigration officers, a top U.S. official told the Daily News. Of the 17,900 marriage-based petitions processed in fiscal year 2003, 9,500 were denied, or a record 53%, said Mary Ann Gantner, interim director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services' district in New York. The year before, 30% were denied. "We've done a significant amount of training in the last year with our officers so they are better...

Warning!One of my customers sent me this asking if it was legit! I have traced it to a scummy operation out of southern Florida advertised from Houston. It HAS been turned over to the FBI as a possible CREDIT CARD THEFT RING or IMMIGRATION FRAUD. They have a good firewall I can't break through ( Darn it! )Here's their info: Merchant Central, Inc.  222 S US Highway 1 Suite 1 Tequesta, Florida 33469 US Domain Name: GREENCARDPROCESSING.COM Administrative Contact: Domain Administrator dns@merchantcentral.com Merchant Central, Inc. 222 S US Highway 1 Suite 1 Tequesta, Florida 33469 US Phone: 015617483500  Fax: Subject:...

In a era when divorce and remarriage are commonplace, it might not be surprising for a city clerk to see some of the same names pop up on applications for marriage licenses from time to time. But it did strike the city clerk's office as highly unusual when it learned this year that one Manhattan woman had applied for 27 marriage licenses from 1984 to 2002 and that at least a dozen others had seemingly married in numbers that were highly suspicious.

<p>A West Orange man was convicted yesterday of bribing federal immigration workers to issue a fraudulent green card for an illegal immigrant who paid him $10,000.</p> <p>Jerome Audige, 73, became the fifth person convicted in a federal corruption probe of the immigration offices in Newark. He was found guilty of two counts of bribery and one count of document fraud for paying between $2,000 and $3,500 to a pair of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service employees who had the green card issued.</p>