New York Woman Married Ten Times To Enable Immigrants To Stay In US

Liana Barrientos appears in court in April.

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And they were all men. How typical.

[From article]

A woman busted and charged ​as a serial bigamist ​for marrying 10 times without getting a single divorce ​was a no-show in court Monday, and a Bronx judge issued a warrant for her arrest.
Last month, Liana Barrientos pleaded not guilty to felony fraud charges in connection with a green card scam that illegally paired her with foreign men looking for a way into the country.
Prosecutors said the serial bride married 10 green card-seeking grooms over the course of 10 years from places including Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Mali, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Georgia.
“The motive was definitely not love,” one source said.
Her most recent nuptials came on March 4, 2010.

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Barrientos’ eighth husband, Rashid Rajput, was deported to Pakistan for making threatening statements against the United States in 2006, prosecutors said.
She wore a wedding and engagement ring on her left hand at her arraignment last month.
Barrientos faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

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