KC woman sentenced for fake marriage to immigrant
A Kansas City woman was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison for entering into a sham marriage with an African immigrant.
Tierra Ofield, now 24, pleaded guilty in March in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to a charge of conspiracy to circumvent U.S. immigration laws.
According to court documents filed by prosecutors, Ofield was paid $700 to marry a man from Kenya in 2011.
She later received three monthly payments of $150, according to the documents.
She was among six people prosecuted in the marriage fraud scheme.
Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc
This story was originally published June 20, 2017 at 4:09 PM with the headline "KC woman sentenced for fake marriage to immigrant."