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Hong Kong – Two core members of syndicate arranging bogus marriages jailed for conspiracy to defraud and related offences

Two core members of syndicate arranging bogus marriages jailed for conspiracy to defraud and related offences ******************************************************************************************      The Special Investigation Section of the Immigration Department (ImmD) has smashed a bogus marriage syndicate involving the most cases on record. A 45-year-old male mastermind was earlier convicted of five counts of conspiracy to defraud and one count of conspiracy to obtain services by deception while a 52-year-old female core syndicate member was convicted of five counts of conspiracy to defraud. They were each sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment at the District Court today (July 13).        The ImmD has been very ... Read more