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A Woburn woman was sentenced to federal prison in Maine this week after being convicted of taking part in a sham marriage.
Catherine Nantume, 34, of Woburn, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in March. Monday, she was sentenced to one year in federal prison and three years of supervised release, reported the Bangor Daily News.
Until her sentence begins Jan. 3, Nantume is at home and wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet.
According to the Bangor Daily News, Nantume was part of a marriage fraud scheme that coupled African citizens with Maine residents. The participants were paid for their role in the marriages, said officials in the report.
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Keith
10:56 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Pretty stiff sentence, one wonders the $$$$ dollar amount of the fraud against the United States...?
Alvin Decker
12:37 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
STIFF?!?! A one year prison sentence for taking part in a scam that assists presumably illegal immigrants in gaining unlawfully acquired citizenship and defrauding the Federal government is in no way, shape or form stiff. It is actually quite lenient.
George Lyons
9:21 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Ubangi?
john
10:58 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
a year is nothing for what she did she should b deported
Keith
12:26 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
Hi Linda, is she a foreigner, or a native to USA>?
Linda McDermott Downie
2:01 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
Keith, click on the link that says the bangor daily news. It will tell you that she is An Ugandan citizen that most likely will be deported. yay..
Keith
2:29 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
Linda, hi, thanks.