[marlin2007]

My best friend married a woman from Ghana in November of 2002. After getting married in the state of Florida the couple purchased a home in NC. The husband sent for her 3 kids in Ghana and they all lived as one happy family until two months ago when he returned home from work to find his wife, the kids and all her furniture and personal belongings gone. It turns out she moved back to MD where she resided before they even started dating. Since the separation many things that this woman said and did have become very suspicious and we now question if anything she said over the past two years were true or a case of immigration fraud. These are a few things that are questionable:
1) Two days prior to the wedding ceremony she stated he was still married and made several telephone calls from Florida to Puerto Rico to get the divorce finalized. Mind you, she was in Florida at the time and never once traveled to Puerto or any courthouse. Can a person get divorced by making only telephone calls and can a person get a divorce w/o going before the courts?
2) Almost two years after the marriage and a few months prior to moving out she finally applies for a social security card and changes her last name to her marriage name (his last name).
3) When she left she took every photo that existed of her and her kids including the wedding photos. She took every piece of mailing and all legal documents. She even took the utility bills out of her name. When she was asked why she took these things she simply said she wanted to block out that part of her life as if the marriage never existed.

The weird part is that they never had any marital problems. She was very materialistic and had recently quit her job to stay at home, which was impossible to do on his salary. She would not give a reason for leaving. She would not consider counseling. I strongly believe she found a kind hearted man and took advantage of him. Now, he's looking at losing thousands of dollars to this woman that he thought he knew.

Does anyone know of someone we can contact regarding immigration fraud. I say immigration because we do not know if this shady person is even a legal resident. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[shygrneyzs]

You can always call the INS and report this and it will be their decision to investigate.

This is their website: USCIS Home Page

This is their toll free number:
National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833). This toll-free call center has additional information and, during their specified office hours, can connect you to live assistance in English and Spanish. The NCSC will be able to answer most questions - although they cannot provide information about the status of your case over the telephone.

Anything is possible as far as immigration fraud. Let the authorities take care of it, if it needs to be taken care of.