4 Indicted as US Officials Disrupt Marriage Fraud Operation: ICE

U.S. immigration officials announced on Monday that they had disrupted a marriage fraud operation in Maryland, and four people have been indicted. An investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Maryland, along with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland, led to the discovery of a network of people facilitating fake marriages and visa applications, according to a statement from ICE. The suspects were identified as Ella Zuran, 65, Tatiana Sigal, 74, and Alexandra Tkach, 41, all of New York City, and Shawnta Hopper, 33, of New Jersey. Federal prosecutors charged them with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. Zuran, Sigal, and Tkach were arrested in March, and officials did not say when Hopper was arrested....