00:00this state is a sanctuary like trump doesn't like this state because the government from here the
00:05state defense us very much okay so that that is a good i'm going to find out about this about
00:12the
00:13license i'm going to call my friend because i know that she knows about that because if you can't
00:17we'll just get all the documents that you need and we'll go to over there like she'll go as your
00:21wife you know representing you so massachusetts is the best massachusetts is the best place for
00:26you to be that is a fact you mean for the immigrants uh yes i stopped doing weddings in 2025
00:34i stopped
00:35not 24 the end of 2020 my husband got sick but also that's when trump was becoming a president you
00:43know
00:43there was a lot of immigration power so i what i did was my batch of people i married them
00:49i make
00:50sure they had the documents and i didn't work 2025 because immigration was a little bit harsh we are
00:56here today to announce charges against six individuals five of whom were arrested this
01:01morning for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to arrange sham marriages between united states
01:07citizens and illegal aliens for the purpose of illegally obtaining immigration benefits
01:13including green cards and u.s citizenship the alleged mastermind behind this marriage fraud scheme
01:19is jennifer gonzalez a united states citizen who is allegedly responsible for fraudulently arranging sham
01:27marriages in massachusetts for over a decade gonzalez allegedly charged between 38 000 and 40 000
01:37dollars per marriage and arranged 18 to 20 sham marriages per year for over 10 years on the low end
01:45this conspiracy netted her six million dollars during the course of the alleged scam so what did ms gonzalez do
01:53with this money in her words which were recorded by a cooperating witness she bragged that she invested
02:01her ill-gotten proceeds in businesses and property in the dominican republic which she repeatedly referred to
02:08as my country in one recorded conversation she claimed quote every time i have a spare dollar i just invest
02:18in
02:19new property in my country that's what i really do i like to buy land like i have a lot
02:26of land in my country she
02:28further stated my kids love my country my kids love to vacation down there all right so when they grow
02:35up
02:36they'll each have a land they'll have some miss gonzalez did not only enrich herself she also allegedly secured
02:44payments for her fellow co-conspirators who participated in the sham marriages defendant amara pug allegedly
02:53acted as the secretary for gonzalez's marriage scam business erica daniels sharice alejandro jessica
03:02tavares and jalen hill all united states citizens were allegedly paid by ms gonzalez and the quote unquote
03:09customers paid by to incurred to engage in one or more fake marriages to illegal alien customers
03:18for the sole purpose that they could obtain united states citizenship and submit fraudulent documents
03:25to the united states citizenship and immigration services uscis to unlawfully obtain legal immigration
03:34status you will see in the court filings that ms gonzalez was captured on video recordings explaining
03:39among other things the process of participating in the sham marriages that included taking couples photos
03:47photos to make the fake relationships look real and this was all done to circumvent our immigration laws
03:54during one such recording ms gonzalez explained to a cooperating witness how her business became more
04:00challenging under the new administration she was captured on video stating that she stopped doing
04:07weddings at the end of 2024 because quote that's when trump was becoming a president gonzalez stated she
04:15married a batch of people and made sure they had their documents she then claimed that she suspended her
04:22business in 2025 because immigration was quote a little harsh so who exactly is ms gonzalez according to
04:31court records she is a u.s citizen with a criminal history in massachusetts that includes convictions for
04:37assault and battery identity fraud and fraud illegal entry without without breaking in and possession of
04:44burglar burglars and knowingly receiving stolen property not only did ms gonzalez run the marriage
04:54scam business she also allegedly entered into a fraudulent marriage herself for the purpose of
05:00illegally obtaining immigration benefits for an illegal alien in one recorded conversation gonzalez told the
05:08cooperating witness, whom she believed was an illegal alien, that, quote, Massachusetts is the
05:15best place for you to be. That is a fact, unquote. What made Massachusetts so special? According to
05:23Gonzalez, quote, because this state is a sanctuary, where illegal aliens get a lot of help as an
05:29immigrant here.
