GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – Federal authorities announced criminal charges Tuesday in an investigation into a scheme that arranged sham marriages between Chinese nationals and U.S. service members, including a wedding staged April 10 at Spring Park in Green Cove Springs.
A criminal complaint filed April 13 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida names Hai Vinh “Tony” Lam and Xing Tian and charges them with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and marriage fraud (18 U.S.C. § 371 and 8 U.S.C. § 1325(c)), the filing shows.
Investigators said the probe began in January 2025 after a confidential source told federal agents that a man identified as Raymond Zumba had tried to bribe Department of Defense employees to create unauthorized military identification cards and had solicited U.S. service members to enter sham marriages with Chinese citizens. That lead prompted a wider investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and military criminal investigators…