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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 823906" data-attributes="member: 25159">Southern California Family Charged With Arranging Fake MarriagesSANTA ANA, Calif. -- An Orange County couple and their daughter were arrested Wednesday on charges of arranging fake marriages for more than 20 foreigners seeking ways to remain in the country, authorities said.Ajit Bhargava (ah-JEET bar-GAH-vah), his wife Nisha (NEE-sha) Bhargava, 56, and their daughter Runjhun (Roon-joon) Bhargava, 30, were arrested early in the morning at their home in Yorba Linda and are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, federal prosecutors said.Authorities said the Bhargavas ran immigration services company MPEagle Consultants in Cerritos, Calif., and charged as much as $60,000 to arrange bogus marriages for foreigners who came to the country on visas, mostly from India.Authorities said the Bhargavas used the same witnesses, and sometimes, the same U.S. citizen spouse, on multiple green card applications, and had the couple take photographs in different locations wearing different outfits to make it look like they had a relationship.Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/06/southern-california-family-charged-arranging-fake-marriages/#ixzz1IqUU618N" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/06/southern-california-family-charged-arranging-fake-marriages/#ixzz1IqUU618N</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 823906, member: 25159"] [B]Southern California Family Charged With Arranging Fake Marriages[/B] SANTA ANA, Calif. -- An Orange County couple and their daughter were arrested Wednesday on charges of arranging fake marriages for more than 20 foreigners seeking ways to remain in the country, authorities said. Ajit Bhargava (ah-JEET bar-GAH-vah), his wife Nisha (NEE-sha) Bhargava, 56, and their daughter Runjhun (Roon-joon) Bhargava, 30, were arrested early in the morning at their home in Yorba Linda and are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, federal prosecutors said. Authorities said the Bhargavas ran immigration services company MPEagle Consultants in Cerritos, Calif., and charged as much as $60,000 to arrange bogus marriages for foreigners who came to the country on visas, mostly from India. Authorities said the Bhargavas used the same witnesses, and sometimes, the same U.S. citizen spouse, on multiple green card applications, and had the couple take photographs in different locations wearing different outfits to make it look like they had a relationship. [B]Read more: [/B][URL="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/06/southern-california-family-charged-arranging-fake-marriages/#ixzz1IqUU618N"][B]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/06/southern-california-family-charged-arranging-fake-marriages/#ixzz1IqUU618N[/B][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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