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Three Kenyans Charged with Fraudulently Marrying US Citizens to Obtain Citizenship

Three Kenyans Charged with Fraudulently Marrying US Citizens to Obtain Citizenship

Three Kenyans including two women and one man were charged by a US federal grand jury for their roles in a marriage fraud conspiracy.

Nellie Mbote, a 35-year-old Kenyan from Lee’s Summit, Missouri was charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on May 21st, 2019.

Mbote, together with two other Kenyans, are accused of entering in fraudulent marriages arranged by Delmar Dixon of Kansas City. Mbote married in 2009.

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She was charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of making false statements, one count of making a false oath in a matter relating to naturalization and one count of unlawfully acquiring citizenship.

She was charged alongside 39-year-old Rogers Onyango Guche, of Cypress, Texas; and Fidelina Mwelu Mutisya, 59, of Winchester, Ohio. Guche and Mutisya married their spouses in 2007.

The federal indictment said the marriages were designed to bypass federal immigration laws to obtain permanent residency and/or American citizenship. 

The three allegedly paid Dixon to arrange their marriages.

The federal said the three paid their American spouses $1,000 at the time of the wedding and $100 each month until the immigration process was complete.

Dixon is alleged to have coached the three and their US 'spouses' on how to make their marriages appear legitimate.

Dixon, who was charged in a separate but related case, was sentenced on July 13th, 2017 to three years in federal prison after admitting he arranged between 30 and 40 fraudulent marriages.

If convicted, the accused persons' naturalization will be revoked and their certificate of naturalization canceled.

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  1. 10×Jun 13, 2019

    I can post over a dozen names who've done the same goddamn thing in Massachusetts

  2. MaxileyJun 13, 2019

    Yes you can.And what impetus would drive you to do that?

  3. GUEST1Jun 13, 2019

    I think he is Thinking Loud; or simply saying that This is the Tip of the Iceberg.

  4. ken MotleyJun 13, 2019

    @ MAXILEY, GREAT que, maybe spite?

  5. Mucang’ang’aJun 13, 2019

    I am sure someone in Massachusetts can name a dozen goddamn things you have done.

  6. GUEST1Jun 13, 2019

    Tumestaajabu haya ya Musa. Tuonyeshe ya Firauni basi.😕

  7. EVEN IF WHO YOU ARE 😂Jun 13, 2019

    You should be ashamed of yourself! You're the kind of poisonous toxic people that call la immigra on people coz of dumb shyt! You're the kinda Kenyan that makes Kenyans hate each other!! Shame on you and the Boeing 7Max donkey you flew into the US on😖😖😖

  8. MuceneJun 13, 2019

    Things are no longer rosy!!! I am beginning to think Mkenya Halisi knows a thing or two about having a plan B. These are guys who are citizens and are facing deportation. Haiya!!

  9. GUEST1Jun 13, 2019

    Asiyefunzwa (mwelekeo Mwema) na Wazazi hufunzwa na Dunia, Mchovya asali Hachovi mara Moja, Mwenda pole Hajikwai, Haraka haraka haina Baraka, Mbio za Sakafuni huishia Ukingoni, Tamaa ilimuua Fisi, Mtaka vyote Hukosa vyote, Asali tele hugeuka Chungu, Tele Tele Huteleza.

  10. JujuJun 13, 2019

    Nothing new. If you got citizenship fraudulently & get busted, they will revoke your citizenship and send you back to bukuland or wherever you from.

  11. Mucang’ang’aJun 13, 2019

    I will begin taking Mkenya Halisi seriously when he says shit happens.

  12. MundumugoJun 14, 2019

    Deportee Halisi has been there before so he should know. In all seriousness, if you plan on doing shady s**t, then you need to start remitting money to Kenya, buying multiple kaplotis, and building up businesses there because that stuff will eventually blow up in your face and you will find yourself on ICE Air. Nothing worse than landing in Kenya with no back up plan and no money. Those you helped or worse, ignored, will have no further use for you then.

  13. Imara DaimaJun 13, 2019

    Hawa ndugu zetu wa kutoka Yuropa ni watu wa ajabu sana. Walihamia duniani kote na kunyakua mashamba ya watu kwa kutumia mabavu na hawataki mtu mwingine kufanya walivyofanya na hata sasa wanaendelea kufanya hivyo.

    Hebu niambie, wakati hawa ndugu zetu kutoka Yuropa walipohamia:

    Greenland, Canada, Marekani, Mexico, nchi zote za Marekani ya Kati na ya Kusini, Visiwa vyote vilivyomo Caribbean, Afrika, India, Australia, New Zealand, viziwa vyote vilivyomo katika bahari kuu ya Pacific WALIPEWA VISA NA NANI?

  14. BwanaJun 13, 2019

    I say to my fellow struggling aliens - don't deal with any "goddamn" in your business period! - of course you have to thrive in hunting your target and deal with it smoothly by all means and time.

  15. formerlyguest2Jun 13, 2019

    "Your goddamn " ha ha haha , now that is a catch phrase!

  16. MjuAjiJun 13, 2019

    @10x, nastajabishwa na wivu unaokudunga na mambo yasiyo kuhusu. Unanikumbusha wakati wa uchaguzi 2007/8 nchini Kenya ambapo Wajaluo wa Boston (Massachussetts) na wale wa Dallas(Texas) na viunga vyake, walivyowaitania Wakikuyu kwa INS kama ilivyokuwa ikijulikana nyakati. Kisa na maana? Kibaki ambaye ni Mkikuyu alipokonya Raila, ambaye ni Mjaluo, kura na matumaini yake ya kuwa rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya. Bughudha na fitina hizo zilianza kuenea hadi Missouri(Kansas), Washington DC, Baltimore(Maryland), na pia katika viunga vya sehemu hizo. Mara Waluhya na Wakisii wakaungana na Wajaluo katika harakati zao za kutumia mamlaka ya uhamiaji kuwafurusha Wakikuyu, huku wengine wakipigia makampuni na vyombo vinginezo vya asisi wakizitisha kufahamisha INS eti kwamba wameajiri wahamiaji kinyume cha sheria. Nilishikwa na mshangao na bumbuwazi ambayo hata wa leo sijawahi kuamini. Cha kusikitisha na kushangaza ni kwamba, Wakenya hawa hawakuamini taasisi hiyo ilivyotupilia mbali madai. Nimekutana na Wakenya wengi ambao wana makaratasi na ukweli ni kwamba, hawapendezwi na wasio na makaratasi na haswa uchapaji wao wa kazi. Wakenya wasio na makaratasi, mpende msipende, kwa sababu ya mazingara ya hofu na wasiwasi unaokera, wamebarikiwa na wao ndio waliofanya mambo makubwa hapa Marekani na Jamhuri. Wapeapo nafasi, Wakenya wengi hasa walio wenyeji, wako tayari wakati wowote Kaburu Trump ahitajipo habari zozote za kuwafumania na kuwafurusha wachapa kazi hawa. Diposa Wakenya wengi hushukiana na kujitenga kutoka kwa wenzao. Diposa Wakenya hawataki wenzao kujua wanafanya kazi wapi, wanaishi wapi na wanafanya nini hapa Marekani. Nakumbuka wakati mmoja Mkenya akiwapigia INS na FBI baada ya kuzozana kanisani, ungedhani ni vipepeo vilivyokuwa vikiponyoka mle kanisani. Swali langu ni hili, "pilipili uzizozila zakuashia nini?

  17. MugikuyuJun 13, 2019

    @Mjuaji wawawa hapo, umesema ukweli kabisa!!

  18. MjuAjiJun 13, 2019

    @10x, nastajabishwa na wivu unaokudunga na mambo yasiyo kuhusu. Unanikumbusha wakati wa uchaguzi 2007/8 nchini Kenya ambapo Wajaluo wa Boston (Massachussetts) na wale wa Dallas(Texas) na viunga vyake, walivyowaitania Wakikuyu kwa INS kama ilivyokuwa ikijulikana nyakati. Kisa na maana? Kibaki ambaye ni Mkikuyu alipokonya Raila, ambaye ni Mjaluo, kura na matumaini yake ya kuwa rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya. Bughudha na fitina hizo zilianza kuenea hadi Missouri(Kansas), Washington DC, Baltimore(Maryland), na pia katika viunga vya sehemu hizo. Mara Waluhya na Wakisii wakaungana na Wajaluo katika harakati zao za kutumia mamlaka ya uhamiaji kuwafurusha Wakikuyu, huku wengine wakipigia makampuni na vyombo vinginezo vya asisi wakizitisha kufahamisha INS eti kwamba wameajiri wahamiaji kinyume cha sheria. Nilishikwa na mshangao na bumbuwazi ambayo hata wa leo sijawahi kuamini. Cha kusikitisha na kushangaza ni kwamba, Wakenya hawa hawakuamini taasisi hiyo ilivyotupilia mbali madai. Nimekutana na Wakenya wengi ambao wana makaratasi na ukweli ni kwamba, hawapendezwi na wasio na makaratasi na haswa uchapaji wao wa kazi. Wakenya wasio na makaratasi, mpende msipende, kwa sababu ya mazingara ya hofu na wasiwasi unaokera, wamebarikiwa na wao ndio waliofanya mambo makubwa hapa Marekani na Jamhuri. Wapeapo nafasi, Wakenya wengi hasa walio wenyeji, wako tayari wakati wowote Kaburu Trump ahitajipo habari zozote za kuwafumania na kuwafurusha wachapa kazi hawa. Diposa Wakenya wengi hushukiana na kujitenga kutoka kwa wenzao. Diposa Wakenya hawataki wenzao kujua wanafanya kazi wapi, wanaishi wapi na wanafanya nini hapa Marekani. Nakumbuka wakati mmoja Mkenya akiwapigia INS na FBI baada ya kuzozana kanisani, ungedhani ni vipepeo vilivyokuwa vikiponyoka mle kanisani. Swali langu ni hili, "pilipili uzizozila zakuashia nini?

  19. GUEST1Jun 13, 2019

    Just FYI: The common Kenya Mwanainchi is severely SUFFERING because your Tribe STOLE from Raila (the Luos) not Once but Twice. So Stop Validating the Evil that is the Notoriety of Tribal Diabolics.

  20. Guest 007Jun 13, 2019

    wah! waseiya hii ni noma bin noma. wadhii ni waanze kujipanga mapema juu hii inaeza guza mtu yeyote alioa mmarekani. Itakua noma sana kupatikana na mtaani hauna kitu (plan b). Mkenya Halisi atachangia akiamka.

  21. mkenya halisiJun 13, 2019

    Hehehehe remember guys shit happens n always have a plan B incase the plan A ilete shida do this guys should b ready to come home n hussle but kama ukonakakitu don't worry actually i will thank the Gava for deporting you!Papers r good if u have them but can u eat them/can u sleep in them/can u ride on them????They r just papers????The $$ is what u need,kula tano weka tano for the shits days??Hapa kenya nobody cares how many degrees or masters u have!Its about ru able to feed yr family/do you have yr own hse no matter whether ni ya mawe or mabati aslong as u own it n u don't pay faking slavery morgage meaning nobody can ever kick u out??So karibuni nyumbani if u can hussle trust me to b deported is nothing but kama hizo miaka zote umeishi usa nahaukuinvest hapo it will b very hard to survive.

  22. RaiaJun 13, 2019

    Lawyer up if that is the route you took to get makaratasi assuming they are looking for you and they will not unless you give them a reason to.You will be amazed first not only that you are not alone but how hard it is to prove .As someone says it is the tip of the iceberg unless wakutafute endelea na maisha for every crime some but not all will get caught.These ones got caught shauri yao remember you are in the usa every man for himself jitegemee .

  23. KAA RADAJun 13, 2019

    THREE THINGS:-
    1. Iko ma informer wakali kushinda wewe 10×. Wale wanafanyia Gava kazi ya kutranslate phone call conversations za watu na texts from Kiswahili/Sheng to English na wengine gunia kama wewe wanaweza kuwa hired kusorora group discussions kama hizi. So do your worst K@&# NINA wewe. Wanasemaga malipo ni hapa hapa.
    2. This is so Sad on so many levels. Hakuna mtu hajawahi hustle majuu. Na ukicheka mwenzako jua yako inakuja. Mbote and Guche were admitted on an F-1 visa. Kama hujui hustle F1 hupitia then penya meno tu ukiswipe to the left. Kwa wale wanajua songa tukiendaga. Having said that it's no excuse to commit fraud or any other crime. Ukweli ni kwamba watu ambao wanajipata kwa hali hiyo wanafahamu na kuelewa kabisa matokeo ni yepi.
    3. Huyu Dixon Akataa, naona alikatiwa deal for a lighter sentence. Ndio maana aliamua kuzamisha watu hivi. Either way kuna mtu amesema hapo juu. Ma "goddamn"- tia ZII KABISA!
    Last but not least, The charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence. Woi, Mungu saidia watu wako.

  24. NygangaJun 13, 2019

    No

  25. LavanoxJun 14, 2019

    Welcome to Kansas city Missouri

  26. Gitonga wa SupiriJun 14, 2019

    I believe this page is public and anything posted will be used by some people to do something on some people. Why post such 10x did. Let people enjoy their peace and avoid poking your finger in other's noses. Go work pay your bills!

  27. KimbelembeleJul 6, 2019

    C

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