美国司法部指控11人参与一项持续约十年的诈骗计划，通过与美国公民的假结婚帮助数百名中国国民非法获得绿卡[1]。该计划在纽约组织，据信安排了超过1000场假婚礼[1]。美国公民每参与一场假结婚被支付高达30000美元，每张绿卡的收费则高达100000美元，涉及金额达数千万美元[1]。
司法部长Todd Blanche表示，这不是"快速的、一晚上的操作"，而是"持续多年的、数十亿美元的小规模产业"[1]。起诉文件已提交至纽约法院[1]。该案被认为是美国历史上最大规模的婚姻诈骗案之一[1]。
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 11 individuals in connection with an elaborate immigration fraud operation spanning approximately a decade, according to court filings submitted in New York [1]. The scheme involved arranging more than 1,000 fraudulent marriages between Chinese nationals seeking permanent residency and U.S. citizens willing to participate in exchange for payment [1]. American citizens were compensated up to $30,000 per sham wedding, while applicants paid as much as $100,000 per green card, generating total proceeds reaching tens of millions of dollars [1].
Officials characterized the operation as among the largest marriage fraud cases in American history. According to prosecutors, the criminal enterprise was not a hastily executed plot but rather a sustained, multimillion-dollar small-scale industry operating over many years [1]. The coordinated network successfully facilitated the illegal acquisition of green cards for hundreds of individuals through orchestrated false marriages centered in the New York area [1].