$4,500 to Marry Illegal Alien

(Lake County, Florida) Showing a marriage license, a man who wants to remain anonymous claims that he was paid $4,500 by Mark Hammerschmidt, owner of American Business Inc. in Winter Garden, to marry an illegal alien woman so she could become a citizen.

... claims he met the bride for the first time that same day.

"We would take pictures like we were at a wedding. Then they would pull a cake out of the freezer and we would take pictures cutting the cake."

The pretend groom says the wedding pictures would be shown to U.S. officials during government immigration interviews.

Consequently, federal authorities arrested and charged Hammerschmidt with felony marriage fraud. The U.S. Attorney's office says the Hammerschmidt case is ongoing.

I suspect that marriage fraud occurs considerably more often than is reported.