8 Named in Immigrant Documents Scheme
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ATLANTA — Eight people were charged with paying an undercover agent $650,000 to buy immigration documents for illegal immigrants, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday.
The indictment, returned Dec. 17, charges the eight with conspiracy and bribery in an international scheme that brought illegal immigrants--some willing to pay $50,000 for the immigration papers--into Georgia, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, California and North Carolina.
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