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Former Resident In Region Sentenced For Charges Related To Sham Marriage Former Resident In Region Sentenced For Charges Related To Sham Marriage
Former Resident In Region Sentenced For Charges Related To Sham Marriage A former Western Massachusetts resident has been sentenced for entering into a sham marriage to obtain immigration benefits for another person. Phu Thanh Huynh, age 33, formerly of Springfield, has been sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $20,000 forfeiture after admitting to marrying a Vietnamese national in 2013. In September 2013, federal prosecutors said that Huynh married a Vietnamese national, referred to as Jane Doe, solely for the purpose of obtaining immigration benefits for Doe, never living together after the sham marriage. In late 2013 or early 2014, Huynh w…

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