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3 arrested over fake marriage

May 21st, 2008 by James

Fuji TV/Mainichi make national news out of the arrest of a factory worker who faked a marriage to stay in Japan:

Abigale Mokonnen W/Gebrael, a 38-year-old female part-time worker of Ethiopian nationality, and two other suspects are accused of submitting a bogus marriage report.

The Ethiopian woman living in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, asked a male acquaintance to look for a fictitious marriage partner in order to obtain residential status, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

She was subsequently introduced to a man who pretended to be her spouse when they filed the fake marriage report. The man was among the three who were arrested.



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Comment by Lei
2008-05-21 21:26:58

these are the people that destroy the image of foreign workers in japan. Tsk they should take note that not only their image is tarnished but also the image of other foreigners

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Comment by Timotei
2008-05-21 21:44:27

They should try and prevent these kinda things, sure it must be hard but there has to be a system. Good thing they got arrested.

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Comment by hadji
2008-05-21 22:49:06

If it were easier for people living in Japan to have legal status this might not happen.

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Comment by Platinum
2008-05-22 00:05:38

It’s a very common japanese business, they take about 1 million yen per year.

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Comment by David
2008-05-22 01:33:51

Man, I don’t know how they did it. I’m in the process of getting married and the paperwork is daunting.

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Comment by the overthinker
2008-05-22 01:57:28

No doubt easier if you fake it.

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Comment by morningstar
2008-05-22 10:46:20

How do anyone fake a marriage?

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Comment by the overthinker
2008-05-22 11:24:09

Very easy. Just provide fake documents saying you are married.

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