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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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I became aware of something that I believe may constitute an immigration fraud.
 My acquaintance, a Ukrainian woman, got married to a citizen of Israel in 2018. The marriage was registered in Cyprus. The marriage lasted only few months, the couple resided in Israel. After breaking up, the wife moved back to her country. The Israeli spouse filed for divorce and she was summoned to a court in Israel, to which she refused. At that time she argued that she did not inform her home country authorities of her marriage, thus she remained "unmarried" in Ukraine and did not need to go through the divorce procedures. In communication with friends she admitted that she tried to extort some "compensation" from the Israeli spouse in exchange to her appearance in a court. The husband rejected the claims and that's where their communication ceased. 
In 2020 the said lady met an American man on the Internet and visited him in the US. Then last summer she entered the country along with her minor child on B1/B2 visas with the intent to stay. I learned that they recently got married and plan to apply for AOS. When I confronted the lady regarding her previous marriage and whether she was going to disclose it in her I-485 application, she evaded and stopped communicating. I warned her that what she was doing considered illegal. I am not discussing the moral aspect of the story. I am not sure whether her US husband is aware of the previous marriage. I believe he may be not. 
Now I am facing a dilemma, do I have a legal/moral obligation to report her actions to USCIS? Please advise. 

 

P.S. Apologies if posting in a wrong forum. 
 

 

 

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You have both moral and legal obligation to help this person from being exploited. This forum has seen far too many citizens (and immigrants abused by citizens) abused by predatory immigrants who are smart enough to game the system to varying extent. I think you should talk to him first because ultimately, it is primarily his business to take care of this. 

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Kenya
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Wait, I have heard this story before..and it was late 2021. And it also involved a Ukrainian woman. 

Immigration journey is not: fast, for the faint at heart, easy, cheap, for the impatient nor right away. If more than 50% of this applies to you, best get off the bus.

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