April 14, 2010
By Claudia Coffey
LOUISVILLE (WHAS11) – The marriage fraud plot in which 23 local people were indicted on federal charges includes a sergeant at the Kentucky State Reformatory.
On Wednesday, the neighbor of one of the individuals told WHAS11 News she’s known for years about some of the unusual activity going on at one of the ring-leaders homes in Oldham County. She says that what she saw outside her home raised a red flag almost 10 years ago.
WHAS11’s Claudia Coffey has more on this story.
In Oldham County, Sherry Haley knew there was trouble next door, but couldn’t pin-point what it was.
“It’s just been very suspicious for years,” she says.
On Wednesday, she had answers.
Haley’s neighbor, 57-year-old Vuthea Niev, who she knew as “T,” stands accused of being the ringleader in a massive fraud ring that the feds say arranged fake marriages between U.S. citizens and people from Cambodia.
Haley described “T” as friendly. He'd always wave and smile, but she says activities at the house were bizarre. One time she saw several women bathing outside with a garden hose.
“The flag went up as soon as the Asian women started bathing outside by the patio,” she says. “I stood there like this. They looked over and looked away. I just stood there shaking my head, thinking you can’t do this.”
She says they were completely naked.
Haley adds that there was a constant flow of women. Some looked to be teenagers coming and going from the house.
“There would be weeks at a time when there was no one there,” she says, “then all of sudden a woman or two with another child.”
“T” is one of 23 people indicted in the marriage fraud ring. According to the indictment, the deal worked like this: Americans from the region were recruited and paid up to $10,000 to travel to Cambodia and marry Cambodian nationals. The purpose was to obtain lawful residence in the United States.
While in Cambodia, the Cambodians would wine and dine the Americans, even taking them to brothels.
For Sherry Haley, it's a stunning discovery that what she suspected may be happening next door was far worse than she could have imagined.
“I thought it was drugs or porn,” she says, “but I never dreamed they were doing illegal marriages over here. Never.”
The deal didn't always go as planned, though. In one case, an American women didn't want to go through with the marriage. According to the indictment "T" then threatened to kill her.
According to U.S. Marshalls, the 23 individuals indicted in the marriage fraud plot are still behind bars. They’ll have a detention hearing Thursday at 10 a.m.
On Wednesday, the neighbor of one of the individuals told WHAS11 News she’s known for years about some of the unusual activity going on at one of the ring-leaders homes in Oldham County. She says that what she saw outside her home raised a red flag almost 10 years ago.
WHAS11’s Claudia Coffey has more on this story.
In Oldham County, Sherry Haley knew there was trouble next door, but couldn’t pin-point what it was.
“It’s just been very suspicious for years,” she says.
On Wednesday, she had answers.
Haley’s neighbor, 57-year-old Vuthea Niev, who she knew as “T,” stands accused of being the ringleader in a massive fraud ring that the feds say arranged fake marriages between U.S. citizens and people from Cambodia.
Haley described “T” as friendly. He'd always wave and smile, but she says activities at the house were bizarre. One time she saw several women bathing outside with a garden hose.
“The flag went up as soon as the Asian women started bathing outside by the patio,” she says. “I stood there like this. They looked over and looked away. I just stood there shaking my head, thinking you can’t do this.”
She says they were completely naked.
Haley adds that there was a constant flow of women. Some looked to be teenagers coming and going from the house.
“There would be weeks at a time when there was no one there,” she says, “then all of sudden a woman or two with another child.”
“T” is one of 23 people indicted in the marriage fraud ring. According to the indictment, the deal worked like this: Americans from the region were recruited and paid up to $10,000 to travel to Cambodia and marry Cambodian nationals. The purpose was to obtain lawful residence in the United States.
While in Cambodia, the Cambodians would wine and dine the Americans, even taking them to brothels.
For Sherry Haley, it's a stunning discovery that what she suspected may be happening next door was far worse than she could have imagined.
“I thought it was drugs or porn,” she says, “but I never dreamed they were doing illegal marriages over here. Never.”
The deal didn't always go as planned, though. In one case, an American women didn't want to go through with the marriage. According to the indictment "T" then threatened to kill her.
According to U.S. Marshalls, the 23 individuals indicted in the marriage fraud plot are still behind bars. They’ll have a detention hearing Thursday at 10 a.m.
28 comments:
I don't beleive that the women bathed outside on the patio are naked. This lady is totally exajurated. Even whores in cambodia don't bath naked, unlike white women in US.
“I thought it was drugs or porn,” she says, “but I never dreamed they were doing illegal marriages over here. Never.” Says the neighbor.
What she is saying is tha sham marriage is worst then Porns or drugs?
If anything, they'd need to haul her ass to jail as well.
She is as guilty as them for not reporting it.
8:06, i agreed with you on this. I think this white trash lady exaggerate and fabricate this naked bath incident. Khmer women don't and will no stood that low to do that. I believe they probably wore "Sarong" and this white lady mistakenly think they were naked when looking from her house.
We honest decent khmer always want to protect our khmer culture but the opportunist never thinks like us. When they caught with red hand, we khmer in general are painted with bad image. I know for sure that some khmer individual act
greedy for their own benefit. Ex: a lady in my neighbor was divorced from her Cambodian husband about a year later she moved in to live with an American boy friend. She used him to go to Cambodia to marry with her sister last November with promises that she still stay with him. Her sister in Cambodia is married. So she was coerced into a fake married with her boy friend. Latest news that her sister will be in America sometime in May. Now she's secretly engage with another American Dr. We found out that she uses that man again to marry with her niece, she is beautiful though. She went to Cambodia with her new boy friend late March to coordinate her niece marrying. Her contact with a new boy friend is being kept secret with her living with boy friend. This is true story of an individual khmer greedy woman. I don't think she deserves to call as Khmer. Only few friends who know her daily living with her twp boy friends.
I will report this if I know where to call to report..
I don't believe a word that lady said.Cambodian woman bathed naked in the patio? Bitch...not cambodian woman.....
Please don't report them. They only want to come here for a better life and the life of their family. If they do something bad, then let karma take it's course. On the other hand, if you report them.....maybe bad deeds will come to you or your family. Please turn a blind eyes and let local law enforcement do their parts. Beside, they're not harming you. God bless!
Khmer4Khmer
If you want to denounce those really fake scams, especially those of CPP and other rich and powerful here is the contact;
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE comprises four integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities. For more information, visit www.ICE.gov. To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423.
nrw phally came over to the us throigh bt fraud.
new phally is in the us through visa fraud!
Good or bad, but please remembered we all used the name of the Khmer Rouge or the Vietnamese occupation for our own interest to come to live in the US.
Fuck this white bitch. You are so exaggerated about your neighbour. They didn't do no harm to you. I hope they put a curse on your white honky nosy ass.
100% this neighbour lied about ladies bathed naked outside.....oh man she's got something against these cambodians for sure....I agree she made it sounds like it's worse than drugs, and mafia....I know it's illegal but come on people are trying to make a living here.....I wouldn't report this shit to the authority....the Cambodians got caught, there are many other that do this as well such as VN, Thais, Chinese...etc...I'm pretty sure about this....tip of iceberg.
10:41am
she will be caught soon or later. one of her boy friend will turn her in once the relationship go sour.
most khmers women are shy. to played with a water hose naked i dont believe this one.
This white lady is out of control. She's totally 110% made up this story and digracing our race.
Not just Cambodia doing the faked married in the US, all of people in different races are doing this faked married. You name it Russia, Vietnam, Thai, Chinese, Pakistan, India, France, Great Britain, Japanese, Lao, Phillippine, etc...
So single out the Cambodia is not fair. But this guy is stupid enough to recruit American openly, not quietly. He deserves to lay in jail. You and I know it's illegal to do this.
So why do you commit crime if you know it's illegal.
One guy in California went to other state along with his two older sisters to confront the girl who he did a faked married. He received $40K from the Cambodian girl and then filed the divorce. They went after the girl and took her car. One of the sisters said my husband is a Vietcong police in LA and the other said "I'm working for lawyer for along time and know the law". They trashed the Cambodian girl and threatened her until she called police to intervene. They acted like gangster. Their father lived with two wives and their second mom did the faked married too.
Don't be a gangster and insult innocent girl who do not speak English. She paid for the car herself and you can't confiscate her belonging without her permission even if you have your name on the title.
You think you're above the law and even your husband is police. The FBI can place him in jail for committing the crime.
God will punish these criminals.
This fucking bitch is jealous with the asian peoples.Never buy a house and living close to goddamn bitch fucking shit like that whorse!.I don`t believe what she said!!!.(I saw women taking a bathed naked!!.).Sorry bitch!,it may be you but absolutely not KHMER womens!,our custom and traditional is very very strong!!,more than the white trash!.DO not humiliate the cambodian peoples about naked in the public,just say about the fraud marriage,that`s enought!!!!.
Maybe it's the white girl that he recruited.... that was naked. You know, the white female friend that got him busted.
Why is DHS target only Cambodian? Every othe fucking country are doing it too!
This would've never happen if he didn't include the white folks in his affair. What a dumb ass! He deserve to go to jail. I am just upset that he gave our people a bad name.
Jaai Yo, Jaai Yo!
I hate when the US picking only on Cambodia. India, Pakistan, China etc...are the worse than Cambodia but they never talked.
Be honest with the reporter if you want to know the truth about this major issue of marriage fraud plot that happen in United state.
You need to do whole alot more of reseach to find out the whole truth.Let's me take you back to the past in 1979.Do you Remember in refuges camp in Thailand most of Cambodia people did not come to the US, Most of them send back and drop off at the border of Thailand and Cambodia.Because fraud of refuges that came to the U.S.A not all Cambodia.
I believe the Government United State should forgive and open more door to Cambodia people to study and working visa in the United State.
Thank you!
White trailer trash lady is bullshitting. -She should be held accountable for claiming to have witnessed indecent exposure crime and never reported to law enforcement.. Her small town minded remarks are absurd..
The white lady was fantasizing about that and went home to her dildo and sybian..
I am so greatful that the FBI caught these useless scum bastards! Hopefully, they are rotten in jail! their souls would fly back to their lawless shithole nation, Cambodia!
If CIA and FBI reports and caught all scum bastards. I believe whole lot of people will send back to diffirence part of the world. Not only Cambodia!
Thank you!
7:24PM sorry! half of them are citizen of the States!
1:06Am! you not just report some thing you scaptical about! it call harash your neighbor!
First off, I cannot believe the language used on this page. The language alone is trash. But, knowing the white lady like I do, she is a mean, vindictive, bitter woman. Shame on Sherry Haley. Her sons are very nice young men, but she has always been the type of woman who would be friendly to your face and then stab you in the back. She should have chosen the high rode and said, "No Comment." I believe that what goes around will come around and what she did will come back to haunt her. Did she mention that the men next door helped her when her tree branches were broken? she is just a mean, unhappy, judgemental person. That is all.
Yes, I believe the neighbor lies big time. I don't believe her revelation. You can tell by pause in her movement.
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