Thai Ginger owner pleads guilty to immigration fraud

Posted by John de Leon


The owner of a local chain of popular Thai restaurants pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and three counts of fraud relating to immigration documents today in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Varee Bradford, 44, of Sammamish, was accused of paying employees of the Thai Ginger thousands of dollars to enter into "sham marriages" with her relatives from Thailand so they could stay in the United States.

She was arrested at her home in June after a grand-jury indictment was unsealed charging her with four counts, including immigration-document fraud and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.

We'll post a full story shortly.


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