Thursday, 13. November 2003
Topic: LOST - on November 13, 2003 at 1:13:13 PM CET
NYC woman married 27 times in immigration
A woman who was accused of accepting money to marry 27 illegal immigrants so they could get residency and work permits pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of filing a false instrument.
Dezerrie Cortes, 40, had been charged with perjury and falsifying business records. In exchange for a plea deal that will get her six months in jail and 4 1/2 years' probation, she admitted lying Jan. 8, 2000, on an application for a licence to marry a man from India, saying she had never been married before, prosecutors said.
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