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Wednesday, November 21

Frederick - A man who married nine women to help them become permanent U.S. residents pleaded guilty to marriage fraud, perjury and passport fraud. James Adjei Kyem, 52, of Frederick, married women in Maryland and four other states after he obtained his own citizenship through a marriage to a woman he later divorced.

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Maryland Man Pleads Guilty In Marriage Fraud Scheme
U.S. Department of Justice
Baltimore, MD
November 19, 2007


Rod J. Rosentstein, United States Attorney
District of Maryland

Married Nine Immigrant Women So They Could Become Lawful Permanent Residents

James Adjei Kyem, age 52, of Frederick, Maryland pleaded guilty today to marriage fraud, perjury and passport fraud connected to a scheme in which Kyem married immigrants and later filed immigration applications so they could become lawful permanent residents, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.

According to the statement of facts submitted as part of his guilty plea, Kyem is a naturalized U.S. citizen, having obtained his citizenship through his marriage in 1984 to a female described by the initials “TAOâ€