Ashley Yen Nguyen, 58, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to being the ringleader of a multimillion-dollar marriage fraud scheme.
"Today I feel sick but so grateful that the judge give me a chance to express my deepest regret," Nguyen said during her sentencing."I will never forgive myself for all the damage caused by me. I accept full responsibility. I would like to apologize to all my family and friends for everything I put them through."
"My understanding from agents is this is the biggest marriage fraud indictment in Houston, if not the nation," Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Goldman said.To make the over 500 unions appear legitimate, Nguyen and her co-defendants created fake wedding albums to make it look like the couples were married during an actual ceremony at a courthouse, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
“For more than four years, this individual raked in millions by operating one of the largest marriage fraud conspiracies in U.S. history,” said Mark Dawson with Homeland Security Investigations in Houston. “The sham marriages and improper immigration benefits that were fraudulently secured under this criminal conspiracy wasted countless federal resources, delayed an unknown number of legitimate marriages between foreign nationals and U.S.
"She presents herself as a poor person living over near Bellaire, but she has tons and tons of millions of dollars in reality," Goldman said.Carter pleaded with Hoyt to have compassion and consider mercy for Nguyen who at age 10 was put into a re-education prison camp in south Vietnam in 1975. "Please let me rebuild my life at 58 years old and I promise I'll never ever do anything illegal again," a teary-eyed Nguyen said."I will appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. And I ask you to please let me talk to my daughter."
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