French couple charged in US immigration scam

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — A French woman was arrested in California early Thursday on charges of running an immigration scam with her husband that netted thousands of dollars, US justice officials said.

Deborah Sion, 25, was detained without incident by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, one day after charges were filed against her and her husband, who is in custody in France in an unrelated fraud scheme.

Sion was due to appear in a Los Angeles court later Thursday.

Investigators say Sion and her husband, Isaac Peres, posted bogus adverts on Internet sites such as craigslist.com and franceservice.com offering positions for French employees at restaurants and casinos in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The advertisements offered successful applicants...

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