⚖️🇺🇸 ATLANTIC CITY WOMAN ADMITS TO MARRIAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY
Antonia-Beatrice Mircea of Atlantic City pleaded guilty to marriage fraud after admitting she entered a sham wedding to obtain legal residency. The Romanian national faces up to five years in prison for falsely claiming she lived with a United States citizen.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — A 33-year-old Atlantic City woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit marriage fraud as part of a scheme prosecutors say was intended to obtain permanent U.S. residency.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, Antonia-Beatrice Mircea, a Romanian national living in Atlantic City, entered her guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn in Camden.
Federal prosecutors said Mircea admitted that she entered into a sham marriage with Victor Purilla, a U.S. citizen, in an effort to obtain permanent residence in the United States.
Court documents and statements made during the proceedings allege that Mircea falsely reported to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that she and Purilla lived together in Atlantic City.
Prosecutors said Purilla never actually lived with Mircea and instead maintained a separate residence in Absecon.
Mircea pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
📅 Sentencing is scheduled for January 25, 2027.
The federal charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release. The maximum penalties do not mean that sentence will necessarily be imposed.
⚖️ The case remains subject to sentencing by the federal court.
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