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Marriage fraud scheme: Immigration attorney in US sentenced to 6 months in federal prison

By: Keerthi Mohan

A US attorney has been sentenced to six months in a federal prison for helping an Indian-origin naturalised American citizen marry his Pakistani assistant so she could obtain a Green Card. According to news agency Press Trust of India, immigration attorney Bilal Ahmed Khaleeq, who is of Pakistani descent, helped 38-year-old Amna Cheema evade immigration laws by facilitating a marriage between her and the Indian-origin man, identified only as ‘Person A’. Cheema had previously pleaded guilty. The marriage between Cheema and the US citizen took place in June 2015 and she subsequently filed permanent residence application with US Citizenship and…

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