Woman Arrested in Connection With 'Green Card Marriage' Craigslist Ad

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

LOS ANGELES — At least she was being honest.

Yuliya Kalinina, 24, spelled out exactly what she was looking for in a husband in her Internet ad:

"Green Card Marriage — Will pay $300/month. Total $15,000," the Russian national wrote in an ad placed on the Craigslist website. "This is strictly platonic business offer, sex not involved."

The ad caught the attention of the man who would eventually marry her on Feb. 17, 2006. But it also alerted agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Kalinina, from Russia, and her 30-year-old husband, Benjamin C. Adams, were arrested last week for what federal prosecutors allege was a sham marriage.

Robert Schoch, special agent in charge of ICE investigations in L.A., says it is the first criminal case he is aware of in which people allegedly used the Internet to engineer a sham marriage for a green card.

Attorney Dale Rubin, who is representing Kalinina, said she didn't know it was illegal to marry for a green card, which he said was evidenced by the blatant language in her ad.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315821,00.html

Edited December 7, 2007 by LuckyStrike

[Nagishkaw 510]

Life without parole.

[eric&gen 0]

HAHAHA stupid azzes.

[mawilson 2,133]

Life without parole.

There aren't enough prisons to hold them.

[eric&gen 0]

Bubba will grab hold of them really good make his own personal biatches out of them lol.

[Nessa 23]

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Attorney Dale Rubin, who is representing Kalinina, said she didn't know it was illegal to marry for a green card, which he said was evidenced by the blatant language in her ad.

Ignorance defense? I don't think that's gonna fly. Don't bother locking her up - just send her on her way. One way.

The guy, let him become Bubba's ####### for awhile.

[afterforever 0]

What a total idiot!!!

[AUBGER 0]

lol...well if one wants to commit a fraud like that, he/she SHOULD not post that on the internet/fliers or anything like that. This is pretty stupid! wow!

[Ursa Tripudio 2]

lol...well if one wants to commit a fraud like that, he/she SHOULD not post that on the internet/fliers or anything like that. This is pretty stupid! wow!

Maybe its my general lack of respect for criminals. But, it seems to me the majority of them are stupid.

[Peikko 1,575]

You only hear about the stupid ones.

[AUBGER 0]

You only hear about the stupid ones.

hahaha...yeah the smart ones are hard to catch :-P

[Nanusia & Lukaszek 0]

There are tons of ads like that on craigslist! Most of them are not financial exchanges of money. But more and more USC's want EU passports. So they offer to marry a EU citizen and offer to "switch" so both get a new passport.

[~krakatoa~ 27]

[AUBGER 0]

There are tons of ads like that on craigslist! Most of them are not financial exchanges of money. But more and more USC's want EU passports. So they offer to marry a EU citizen and offer to "switch" so both get a new passport.

Not a bad idea actually Except it's very unfair but not too bad of an idea