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CA1: Marriage fraud conviction affirmed

By S. COTUS

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US v. Karim, No. 07-1210 (unpublished) affirms a conviction for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 over a sufficiency challenge.  The facts are strange, but it seems like the defendant got an ex-girlfriend to marry him via proxy in Texas, with his sister standing in for him.  The First explains that there is a "well-established legal principle that a conspiracy may be based on a tacit agreement shown from an implicit working relationship.?  Likewise, the government did a good enough job showing that the parties didn?t really want to establish a life together. 

Full post as published by Appellate Law and Practice on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).

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