My dad married this woman four years ago or so. He got a Power of Attorney. He said they got one because she could use his money in emergency situations. Instead, this woman went behind his back got herself her own apartment and opened credit cards up in his name and had those bills sent to her apartment, so my dad wouldn’t find out. Once my dad found out about it, I don’t know how, they divorced. She stole all this money from him behind his back and now my dad has been in financial trouble but is still making it. My dad is a banker and says that he decided not to go to court with her because of the court fees and the months it would take to solve the case. Is there anyway around this, so my dad doesn’t have to pay for a lawyer or court fees since she stole most of the money, even though it is a Power of Attorney. He says the Power of Attorney was supposed to be used for emergency situations and he trusted her with it, but she went behind his back. Please explain what the Power of Attorney is used for in marriage a little bit better and what can my dad do about this? They have been divorced for three years now, but is it even worth it to try to go to court after all these years?
My dad has been in banking and knows about this stuff, but he just doesn’t like talking about this situation with me. I know he was competent at the time to sign it. He told me not to tell anyone, but I actually heard from my aunt about this situation first. I don’t know why he doesn’t want me to tell anyone about this situation, because I could get advice from my friends about it too. Maybe if I talk to my aunt about this situation again we can pay for all the fees and get that woman back.

Ok, here’s the situation…
My husband and I have been having problems for quite sometime and he is the sole bread winner. I told him that I will not leave with "nothing" as I contributed and worked during the marriage. He told me that instead of getting lawyers involved ( he feels THEY will get all of our money) that he would take out a loan on prosper.com and give me the money so that I may have a nest egg for myself.

I guess he didn’t think I would really leave because right after I withdrew the money he threatened to call the police and have me arrested for fraud, saying that he had no knowledge of the loan and that I took it out without his permission. What is going to happen??? Can I really get in trouble or is it his word against mine?

Thanks
The loan is in his name ONLY. I did not sign anything, all I did was withdraw the money from our joint bank account that was deposited by the loan company, prosper.com
I’m not in a community property state unfortunately! I love in New York…lawsuit capital of the world. I am just worried that I’m going to get in trouble somehow, his sister called me and told me he contacted the loan company and Experian and told them I defrauded him. Lovely guy, isn’t he?
No, he never signed any papers from Prosper.com, it was just an acceptance over the internet.

I had a legitimate marriage with a foreigner who is not a citizen, but after living together I realized he lied about everything and I moved out and contacted a lawyer who told me to wait a year and divorce him. During this time he tried to apply for a green card and I sent USCIS a letter stating we were divorcing and to stop the process. They later sent me a letter stating they believe our marriage was a fraud but will take no further action. (apparently if you miss the assigned meeting they will consider it a fraud marriage)

I am going to get background checks for jobs and I want to know what I can do to get the marriage fraud off my record since we were married legitimately it just didn’t work out.
We are currently divorced I helped him not get deported and he recently contacted me saying that fraud is on OUR records and it will show up in background checks, I guess he just meant his

@jordan I wasn’t being vindictive the reason I sent the letter is so that WHEN i did not attend these meetings it would not result the way it did

What can happen if you r found for lying on child support papers n lying about your income to get medical?

So I am going to court in 3 weeks for child support. I received my documents that I submitted and my x-gf submitted. I was going over her documents and noticed she said that she stated that she makes no income; however, has 00 dollars in expenses. Then she goes on and doesn’t list any source of income. To me this is very strange. Also she didn’t mention anything about her house that she owns or her Jaguar that was paid in cash a year ago for 20k. She purchased her house back in 06, and makes a monthly payment of 1800dollars a month. I have the deed to her house that cleary show she is the owner. That is 3300 dollars in monthly outflow, but dosen’t work?

When you sign on the child support papers it clearly states, “I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the California that the information contained on all pages of this form and any attachments is true and correct.”

I would like to know, if she is going to be charged for perjury, and who will pursue this? Also, I would like to note, this is the same woman that is collecting Medi-Cal and Wick both government assistance. How did she pull that off in the state of California with owning a house and all her assets? Isn’t that fraud? I know she didn’t even mention her house or her Jaguar to them, she lied about that because she told me awhile back.

I have no problem with paying child support, however, when she is abusing our system and then lying on legal documents, to get more money out of me, I’m sorry but a line has to be drawn.

What can happen, who will look into this? Will she go to jail (God Forbid, but this is the same woman that I found out has been working as an escort, I found an email saying how much she charges but dates back to 06, will that suffice as evidence)

I am seeking joint custody, should I just go for full custody, her daughter from her previous marriage is already traumatized because her mom would always drop her off at night, I know I am asking several questions here, but please help me out. . .

I became a gullible victim of a marriage fraud in order for her to come to the states she has been hateful towards me & abusive & she even made a hand gesture of a gun to a child in a office. I called & sent detailed letters to ICE will they contact me if they are looking into this case she is presently here on a 2 year card only.

In March 2006, the president signed the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act also known as IMBRA 2005. This law requires U.S. citizens who use international dating or matchmaking sites to disclose personal and private information, criminal background checks, etc.. to the dating website. Your personal information must translated and sent to all foreign members of the service and they must read it and give the dating service permisstion before the U.S. citizen can say "hello" Of course this law exempts "big" dating sites such as match.com. Look up the IMBRA law on the internet and you can see how the government is trying to force U.S. citizens to marry domestically. Has government gone too far trying to "police" U.S. citizen’s dating activities? The law claims to protect foreign women from domestic violence but there are already many laws for that. This law just prevents communication and opens U.S. citizens up for identity theft and fraud.

Covering up for a pedophile?
Preemptive war ("attack unto others before they attack unto you")?
Lying about Iraq – 9/11 connections?
Attempts to legislate biggotry ("defense of marriage") ?
Ties to corporate fraud?

It’s obvious from the polls that people don’t believe that the GOP speaks for Jesus anymore.

what made America wake up and realize that the GOP only wants to use religion for its own power plays?

(yes, this could easily go in either the religion or politics section, since it concerns both)
Maybe I should add another option:

People like p_l_gray, who expose modern neo-conservatism as being motivated primarily by hatred of people who are different.

Back during the time when interracial marriage was not allowed, if a black prson and a white person were married when it was legal, and then (theoretically) the law allowing interracial marriage was overturned–would the couple still be married, as they married in good faith, with no fraud whatsoever, at a time when it was legal?

I’m working on a slightly alternate universe story, but I want it to have a basis (somewhat) on legal fact. It seems to me that the marriage should still be legal, but I’m not any sort of lawyer.

IF AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE WHO ARE A TRUE MARRIAGE GO TO THE GREEN CARD INTERVIEW WILL THEY BE TREATED WITH RACIAL HATRED AND DESCRIMINATION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BOTH THE SAME SKIN COLOR? I WONDER IF THEY (THE USCIS) SOMETIMES DELIBERATELY ACCUSE INTERRACIAL COUPLES OF MARRIAGE FRAUD BECAUSE THE INTERVIEWER MIGHT HAVE RACIAL HATRED AND BIAS TOWARDS COUPLES WHO ARENT THE SAME SKIN COLOR? AND BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY REAL MARRIED COUPLE IS A COUPLE THAT ARE BOTH WHITE. DOES ANYONE RECOMMEND A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER FOR INTERRACIAL COUPLES GOING THROUGH THE GREEN CARD INTERVIEW?

ive been duped into a marriage based on tons of dishonesty. the person who is my alleged husband basically took me hostage into a marriage by lying to me about everything under the sun in his life financial-situational-emotional-etc. i moved in after the wedding (mistake) and started finding the evidence bright as day all around me. i was horrified to find out that everything about this person was different than what had been put on the table…my bad for only having been with him for 10 months…but, nevertheless i moved out soon as i cannot have a relationship based on dishonesty. has anyone had this experience? i filed annulment papers last week but without a lawyer due to lack of funds. i am totally on my own and out about 13K in moving costs, etc. as a result of this. i am not sure how to proceed once it goes to hearing as far as proof as i moved out and have no documentation on his situation to prove the fraud. please if anyone has had a similar experience, i need help!

I am pending a divorce and during my marriage my ex was committing welfare fraud by failing to report our marriage to welfare services and continuing to collect government funds for a previous child that was around long before I was. I had no knowledge of this until recently after we filed for divorce, if she gets charged with welfare fraud can I be held liable in any way? After we married technically her income changed substantially because my income became her income but I never got involved in any money she was earning from the government for her other child..I am very curious to see what direction this matter may be heading

Here’s a legal definition of fraud:

"a false representation of a material fact, with the intent to deceive, which is reasonably relied upon by another person to that person’s detriment"

I see so many questions where people think it is ok to intentionally lie and deceive another person. In every other aspect of life this is illegal: business, medical, marriage. Why is it ok to misrepresent who a child’s parents are?

I’m not against ethical adoptions in the right circumstances, but intentionally deceiving someone you love, and asking everyone else to join in the deception, seems to me to be the lowest of low. It seems cruel. Should it be illegal?
Fardream-people take legal action against family members all the time.
Randy, my intention is to bring up the ethics of intentionally lying to a person about their origins. This is frequently brought up on this site. It amazes me that this fraud is performed out of "love." I’m not planning to sue anyone, and I’m not suggesting anyone else sue. I’m suggesting parents take this issue more seriously when they think about a lifetime of lies.

Did you know a person who lies to their partner about their sexual orientation prior to marriage can be sued for fraud in many states? But a child who is told lies about who gave birth to them cannot? Hmmm. I think I’m starting to get this.

I was getting money from emergency disability and food stamps for 3 years. I knew I had to report when I got married. I called 2 days after my wedding and left a message on my case workers machine. She never called me back after my honeymoon I called again and she yelled at me for not telling her within 10 days even though I left a message for her. Then she said my benefits were going to be cancelled and I would get a letter and it would say the date it would be cancelled. I realized the other day it has been 4 months and I haven’t heard anything and I was still getting money. So I tried to call and no one was answering so I went there and she yelled at me again saying that she never told me I was getting letter and she said she would have told me to bring my marriage certificate. If she told me to do that I would have. I told her I didn’t mean to deceive anyone or do anything wrong and she said I am sure you didn’t but I am still reporting you to the Fraud Dept. Now I am terrified I don’t know what to do. Should I call a lawyer? I don’t want to go to prison or anything. She also told me it may take up to a year for me to hear anything from them I sufffer from an anxiety disorder and I am making myself sick I can’t feel like this for a year.
I didn’t realize it wasn’t being processed and I was using what I got to pay my bills it went right into the bank no checks. I am an idiot I didn’t know how long these things take.

My husband is facing possible deportation concerning marriage fraud from his first wife. She signed a letter saying he married her for money which is not true. The lawyer we are dealing with saw it and said that it is not relevant and that we shouldn’t worry. His ex is money-hungry and I do believe she will say anything to get out of this.

Either way, my husband and I are happy together. We have a baby and I can’t help but worry the ‘what if’ if he were to be deported due to her lies. Has anyone gone through this? I really don’t want my husband to be deported. I will go with him but there are crimes against Americans where he is from.

me and my husband got sparated 2 yrs back.i am living with my child in pakistan and my parents support us.my husband in usa gets child tax credits even though he is not supporting him.is it legal? he did a marriage fraud and now harrass me that if i ever tried to come to usa he will treat me very badly.what should i do ?? he did same with his ex wife and now getting ready for a new marriage even though he didnt divorce me.how could i stop him from destroying someone else life??

We divorced 1997 and did not re-marry. At the time we had one child. We got back together and have two more children. We didn’t remarry but in Texas considered common law married w/ community property. She has been deported and trying to come back. The marriage has been over for some time and now I want divorce but I DO NOT want my children to go live in Mexico….no way! She has had affair and tried to committ suicide and then committed passport fraud. I am a permanent resident and my children and US citizens.

Situation: Two people date for a couple of years before one person joins the military. The recruiter states to the couple that it’s in their best interest to marry before enlisting, because the military will pay for the move, and the housing. Young, and never having lived together, the marriage lasts 6 months, and they separate. After 6 months of separate, the man files for divorce. At divorce court, the judge sees that the man has been keeping the housing allowance for himself, and denies the divorce until the man pays the backpay amount to the woman. Two more years go by, and the couple are still married, and the man has not paid the amount owed to constitute a divorce. In the meantime, the woman has collected two years worth of housing allowance. Throughout the separation period, the couple has entertained occasionally the idea of getting back together, and have also dated outside of the marriage. Presently, neither of the married people know where there marriage will stand in the future.

Is this considered a sham marriage? If a military marriage suffers stress and separation, is it considered fraud if they stay married in the meantime? Or does the couple need to divorce and re-marry once they’ve made an official decision on their future?

Obviously, the above stated is my situation. My aunt and I had a recent falling out, and now she is threatening to report my "sham marriage" to the U.S. Military. Personally, I don’t see how this is considered sham. Although we are not currently considering ourselves "back together," we do talk to one another on the phone 3-4 times per month, and maintain a friendly relationship through daily text messaging. Right now, we consider ourselves to be friends, but neither of us know whether or not we’ll be together one year from now.

I’m almost positive she’s bluffing, but in the event that she reports us, have we done anything wrong?! Or is this something that happens a lot? In the event that it were to go to an actual hearing, I have plenty of pictures taken at home, restauants, concerts, etc… What would a judge say to this? What would the army say? How do other military families handle marital problems and/or separation?!

Hypothetical Situation: Two people date for a couple of years before one person joins the military. The recruiter states to the couple that it’s in their best interest to marry before enlisting, because the military will pay for the move, and the housing. Young, and never having lived together, the marriage lasts 6 months, and they separate. After 6 months of separate, the man files for divorce. At divorce court, the judge sees that the man has been keeping the housing allowance for himself, and denies the divorce until the man pays the backpay amount to the woman. Two more years go by, and the couple are still married, and the man has not paid the amount owed to constitute a divorce. In the meantime, the woman has collected two years worth of housing allowance. Throughout the separation period, the couple has entertained occasionally the idea of getting back together, and have also dated outside of the marriage. Presently, neither of the married people know where there marriage will stand in the future.

Is this considered a sham marriage? If a military marriage suffers stress and separation, is it considered fraud if they stay married in the meantime? Or does the couple need to divorce and re-marry once they’ve made an official decision on their future?

Obviously, the above stated is my situation. My aunt and I had a recent falling out, and now she is threatening to report my "sham marriage" to the U.S. Military. Personally, I don’t see how this is considered sham. Although we are not currently considering ourselves "back together," we do talk to one another on the phone 3-4 times per month, and maintain a friendly relationship through daily text messaging. Right now, we consider ourselves to be friends, but neither of us know whether or not we’ll be together one year from now.

I’m almost positive she’s bluffing, but in the event that she reports us, have we done anything wrong?! Or is this something that happens a lot? In the event that it were to go to an actual hearing, I have plenty of pictures taken at home, restauants, concerts, etc… What would a judge say to this? What would the army say? How do other military families handle marital problems and/or separation?!

Hypothetical Situation: Two people date for a couple of years before one person joins the military. The recruiter states to the couple that it’s in their best interest to marry before enlisting, because the military will pay for the move, and the housing. Young, and never having lived together, the marriage lasts 6 months, and they separate. After 6 months of separate, the man files for divorce. At divorce court, the judge sees that the man has been keeping the housing allowance for himself, and denies the divorce until the man pays the backpay amount to the woman. Two more years go by, and the couple are still married, and the man has not paid the amount owed to constitute a divorce. In the meantime, the woman has collected two years worth of housing allowance. Throughout the separation period, the couple has entertained occasionally the idea of getting back together, and have also dated outside of the marriage. Presently, neither of the married people know where there marriage will stand in the future.

Is this considered a sham marriage? If a military marriage suffers stress and separation, is it considered fraud if they stay married in the meantime? Or does the couple need to divorce and re-marry once they’ve made an official decision on their future?

Obviously, the above stated is my situation. My aunt and I had a recent falling out, and now she is threatening to report my "sham marriage" to the U.S. Military. Personally, I don’t see how this is considered sham. Although we are not currently considering ourselves "back together," we do talk to one another on the phone 3-4 times per month, and maintain a friendly relationship through daily text messaging. Right now, we consider ourselves to be friends, but neither of us know whether or not we’ll be together one year from now.

I’m almost positive she’s bluffing, but in the event that she reports us, have we done anything wrong?! Or is this something that happens a lot? In the event that it were to go to an actual hearing, I have plenty of pictures taken at home, restauants, concerts, etc… What would a judge say to this? What would the army say? How do other military families handle marital problems and/or separation?!
Jordan: We don’t have a choice on collecting the allowance. It’s not our decision whether or not they provide it. We just get it.
MJ: You seriously repeated my question, you didn’t answer it.

The father of my son is not on his birth certificate and no DNA test has been done. He acknowledges that my son is his, but has never paid a dime nor provided anything for him. I’m taking care of all this, but am wondering something. He has two older children from his previous marriage and has partitioned the court to lower his child support amount for them. They re-calculated it and say that he should be actually paying a lot more. He put my son’s name on the paperwork and claimed that he has been paying me cash and medical without a court order. He did this so they would give his ex wife less child support since he claims to be supporting another child. Since he already filed it and it’s completely not true, would that be considered fraud?
Oh and if it is considered fraud, what are all the possibilities of what could happen to him? We live in Oregon by the way. Thank you!

My ex and I divorced in 2000. Within the marriage we had two boys (now 14 & 10). Four months ago, through DNA and her own admission, I found out they are not mine biologically and in fact are results of indiscretions with two different men. I’ve paid child support for both and during that time I was not aware that my ex and her "now husband" (the father of the youngest) knew all along! Isn’t that, in itself, child support fraud? She’s living with the real father of the youngest and pinned child support on me since the day he was born. On the flip side, she doesn’t want to disclose who the father of the oldest is. I love my boys and that will never change. Just because I don’t want to pay child support for children that aren’t mine, when she knows well who the fathers are, doesn’t make me a bad guy. Up to now, I’ve shared fifty percent custody with her. I would never turn my back and walk away from them emotionally or physically and the boys understand that. But I feel that the real "fathers" should be held financially accountable for them. I strongly feel, even at least for medical history and so forth, that the oldest needs to know who his father is. He has rights too and she refuses to talk about it. Is there any way the boys and I can have any justice? Upon her finding out that we’ve discovered the truth, she’s become very angry and now wants full custody. It isn’t enough that she hurt me in pinning two children on me but after building a long relationship with them she wants to rip them away from me. She often asks me why is it that I still want to visit with them if they’re not my children. The children aren’t animals that I can just severe the relationship just like that. It would take a cold-hearted person to even say such a thing. Does anyone have any advice. I’m distraught, confused, and torn. Is there anyone I can talk to? Is there anyone that can help me?

My sons marriage is on the Rocks. They separated after filing a joint Federal return. He told her when the refund check arrived to call him and he’d endorse it and split the money with her, which seemed fair since it was all based on his income because she hadn’t worked. She had a better idea, forge his name and keep all the money.
In SC forgery is a felony, not to mention it was a Federal check. Now he’s just trying to get a copy of the check back from the IRS to see how and where she cashed it. Are spouses immune to committing fraud on a partner? If he’d signed someone elses name on a check, he’d be in jail already. The local cops have told him the best he might get is his day in family court, for a Federal Check? Awe come on now!
Is this for real? It doesn’t sound right.

marriage is likely, but as i’ve been suckered into watching Sandra Bullock’s recent film "the Proposal" i’m scared of the consequences. Something about Marriage fraud immigration being a felony and the up to ,000 fine + jail time…..kinda scares me… let me know if you folks know of anything, and more importantly can link me to a credible online resource for further research (as i’ve been looking but keep finding lawyer websites)

My "con artist" ex-wife, deceived me from the very first day we started corresponding as to her intentions (I wanted a wife……..while she wanted to swindle me).

Since she already knew BEFORE she even inititated ANY correspondence with me that she was not legally entitled to come to the U.S.A. under any kind of Visa, (Moral Turpitude …….. Child Abuse/Neglect) that she might as well find a "mark" to steal from. With this kind of deception in her mind she used a marriage to me to assist her in her efforts to STEAL ME BLIND!!

But does this "bogus marriage" (on her part), also constitute Insurance Fraud under my Health Insurance Policy?? I mean it is supposed to be for my wife and children, but if the authorities declare her actions to be "Marriage Fraud" doesn’t that mean that the insurance benefits she received were also obtained under "FALSE PRETENSES"………..and therefore criminal "Insurance Fraud"?
I mean she obtained insurance benefits through HER acts of DECEPTION and victimized not only me (thousands of dollars), but also my insurance company (also into the thousands of dollars)?

My brother was forced to marry a girl. She said he got her pregnant and her family said they would charge my brother with rape if he didn’t marry. I had to pay for the wedding. It cost me 55,000 and I only had 30,000. So I borrowed 25,000 from the family of the girl my brother was marrying. After the wedding I discovered she wasn’t even pregnant. And soon after, she was playing with other boys.

Now she and my brother are separated, but I still owe her family the money I borrowed for the wedding. They said I only have to pay 12,500 because the marriage is over, but I don’t have that much money. Is it fraud if I simply can’t pay? Will I go to jail?

Also, didn’t the girl (and her family) commit fraud by lying about the pregnancy and forcing my brother to marry (and forcing me to pay for the wedding)?