Woman applies for marriage license. Her Application states that she has never been married before.
Not quite true. She allegedly has. Ten times actually.
It might be tempting to think that Woman was merely embarrassed to disclose the actual number of times she has been married. But it’s probably not that.
Woman reportedly had not divorced her previous husbands before remarrying each new husband. Bigamy, trigamy … polygamy is close enough.
They’re all illegal. But Woman may have been up to more than just that.
She reportedly was committing immigration fraud and will be facing felony fraud charges.
And subway farebeating …
Woman moved out of her apartment, reportedly to a homeless shelter.
Read more in
- this Huffington Post article: Liana Barrientos Accused Of Having 10 Marriages, No Divorces
- this New York Times article: Bronx Woman’s 10 Marriages, Not All of Them Over, Lead to Fraud Charges
- this CBS 2 New York article: Alleged Serial Bride Of 10 Husbands Arrested Just After Leaving Court and
- this New York Daily News article: Bronx bride gets married 10 times — without ever divorcing: officials .