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Dec 15, 2007 12:41 pm US/Pacific
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So. Florida Woman Charged With 9 Counts Of Bigamy
Cuban National Has Married 10 Men In 5 Years
MIAMI (CBS) ―
A South Florida woman has been arrested in an extreme and rare case of bigamy.
According to an arrest report, released by the State Attorney's office, Eunice Lopez, a Cuban national, has married 10 different men in nearly five years, and she never filed for divorce in any of the cases.
The first marriage took place in June of 2002 and the 10th marriage took place in November of 2006. She even married two men in the same month, in November of 2005, according to the arrest report.
So why did she do it? According to the Office of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), she was paid by the men so that they could stay in the U.S. She was allegedly running a virtual marriage mill.
"What we're starting to see is a new scheme in which Cuban nationals are being recruited to marry in -- bring people in -- under this type of scheme, in which they can come in, get married and then become a citizen quicker than if they were marrying a Cuban citizen," said Carmen Pino, an Assistant Special Agent In Charge with ICE.
Lopez has been charged with nine counts of bigamy.
Click here to read the arrest report in connection with the case of accused bigamist Eunice Lopez.
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