A New York resident accused of running a $30 million green card scam and selling access to U.S. politicians pleaded guilty July 30.
Sherry Xue Li, 53, a China-born, naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Oyster Bay, admitted to defrauding more than 150 people who invested more than $31.5 million in her fake development project, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn said.