NY Woman Pleads Guilty in $30 Million Green Card, Political Access Scheme

Sherry Li, who admitted to defrauding more than 150 people, is facing up to 20 years in prison.
NY Woman Pleads Guilty in $30 Million Green Card, Political Access Scheme
A sign off Route 17 in Bloomingburg, New York, on Sept. 16, 2017. Holly Kellum/The Epoch Times
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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.