Thread: Marine Captain & FBI/CIA Employee in Naturalization Frau

Hey, they were just hard working good immigrants doing the work that Americans won't do:

Marine Captain Conspires with FBI/CIA Employee in Naturalization Fraud
by Jim Kouri, CPP

Samar Khalil Spinelli, 39, a Captain in the US Marine Corps, pleaded guilty this past December in a Detroit federal court to conspiring with former FBI Agent and CIA employee Nada Nadim Prouty and Elfat El Aouar, the wife of fugitive restauranteur Talal Chahine, to commit citizenship fraud and passport fraud, according to US Attorney Stephen J. Murphy.

Mr. Murphy was joined in making the announcement by Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Detroit field office.

At a hearing before US District Court Judge Avern Cohn, Spinelli entered a plea of guilty to counts one and two of a fourth superseding information. Count one of the information charges conspiracy, for which the maximum penalty is five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Count two charges passport fraud, for which the maximum penalty is 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

According to court documents, Spinelli (originally named Samar Khalil Nabbouh) entered the United States from Lebanon on a student visa in 1989. She resided in Taylor, Michigan with Elfat El Aouar and Nada Nadim Prouty. On April 13, 1990, Spinelli entered into a fraudulent marriage with Jean Paul Deladurantaye in St. Clair Shores, Michigan for the purpose of evading US immigration laws.

Spinelli later submitted a series of false, fraudulent and forged documents and letters to federal immigration officials to verify the validity of the fraudulent marriage in order to obtain permanent residency status, and, later, US citizenship, thereby committing naturalization fraud. In fact, Spinelli hired Deladurantaye to marry her, never had any relationship with Deladurantaye and never resided with him as husband and wife. On Aug. 31, 1995, after obtaining her citizenship, Spinelli filed for divorce falsely claiming to have “lived and cohabited together as husband and wife.â€

For Immediate Release:
U.S. Department of Justice

Stephen J. Murphy
United States Attorney
Eastern District of Michigan

Suite 2001
211 West Fort Street
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3277
Fax: (313) 226-3561




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