Irish Authorities Seize 85 Cars In Immigration Scam Raid

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You’ll never guess how they were using the cars…

Irish national police, called the Gardaí, and the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) recently seized 85 cars from two dealerships accused of being involved in a crime ring. The authorities told local press those vehicles are worth a total of €2 million. They were many luxury models, including Range Rovers and several BMWs. A car transporter and truck were also confiscated during the raids. However, most shocking about this raid was that the police say the cars were tied to “sham marriages” in Ireland.

Those “sham marriages” involved someone who was a European Union citizen marrying another person from outside of the EU. As you might have guessed, the scam was to help people gain citizenship through a fake marriage. Most of the immigrants were men coming from Asia, especially India and Pakistan. They would pay the crime ring €20,000 each to marry women from the EU. Authorities say the women then would be paid under €2,000 for their role, the organization pocketing the rest.