An overseas
Indian citizen residing in Panama City has pleaded guilty to 80 fake
immigration marriages in Alabama. This was as a part of a big immigration fraud scheme that he operated.
47 years old Ravi Babu Kolla requested the guilty
plea in the Federal Court of District of
Florida. This was for charges of conspiracy to conduct fake immigration
marriages and committing money
laundering.
Krystal Cloud his 40-year-old co-defendant pleaded guilty in 2018. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison
earlier this week.
Kolla operated a
fake immigration marriage business in Bay
County between 2017 February and 2018 August said the authorities. Under
it, US nationals were hired to marry overseas Indian nationals for immigration
benefits.
Lawrence Keefe
the US Attorney said that most of the Indian nationals overstayed their Student Exchange Visitor Program or
Visa. They were residing in the US unlawfully, added Keefe.
The probe
identified 80 plus fake immigration marriages. These were conducted as a part
of the Kolla’s scheme in Alabama, as quoted by the Al com.
Cloud is a US
national and Kolla’s accomplice. She was his partner in the business of fraud
marriage said, Keefe. Cloud entered into
a fake marriage in 2017 October. After that, she started hiring US nationals to marry overseas Indian nationals.
This was from Panama City as well as
Jackson and Calhoun counties.
Krystal also
assisted in gathering personal details of the US nationals. This is to
facilitate Kolla to design fake
immigration forms. These would permit the Indian nationals to remain in the
US.
The US
authorities and agencies that conducted the investigation are:
- The US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland
Security Investigations - The US
Citizenship and Immigration Services - The Bay County Sheriff’s
Office, - The Panama
City Police Department - The
Blountstown Police Department - The Alabama
Office of Coffee County Sheriff
Ravi Babu will
remain in federal custody till his pending sentence hearing. This is to be held
at Tallahassee on 22 May 2019.
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