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San Bernardino Shooter's Brother Charged With Marriage Fraud

Syed Raheel Farook is the older brother of San Bernadino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. Syed Raheel, the elder brother, served in the U.S. Navy from 2003 to 2007, with distinction, earning medals in the "Global War on Terrorism." He is married to Tatiana (Chernykh) Farook. Tatiana has a sister named Mariya Chernykh. The sisters are from Russia and emigrated here. Mariya is married to Enrique Marquez, who was charged with providing guns to Syed Rizwan Farook and marriage fraud. The Government alleges he paid Mariya Chernykh to marry him and the marriage was a sham marriage. They never lived together.

Now the Government has charged Mariya, Syed Raheel and Tatiana with marriage fraud conspiracyincluding making false statements under oath . The conspiracy charge carries a maximum 5 year sentence. There are a total of five counts to the indictment. According to the FBI, Syed and Tatiana took staged photos of Enrique and Mariya's wedding and lied to the FBI.[More...]

The Indictment was returned yesterday and all three were arrested today.

What does this have to do with terrorism or the San Bernadino shootings? So far, nothing.

From an article in February:

One of his neighbors, Stacy Mozer, described Raheel Farook and his wife, Tatiana, as ideal neighbors. The couple drove another neighbor to doctor's appointments last year when she had cancer surgery, treated her to meals out and fetched her prescriptions for her, even paying for them, he said. The couple frequently strolled with their 1-year-old daughter around the community of townhomes and took her to the pool.

Hopefully, Syed and/or Tatiana will get bail so they can care for their young daughter. It doesn't seem like the Government is alleging their marriage is fraudulent, only that they helped Tatiana's sister and then lied about it.

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    Marquez is an attorney's dream client: (none / 0) (#1)
    by Mr Natural on Thu Apr 28, 2016 at 01:08:46 PM EST
    Days later, Marquez posted on social media that he "was involved in terrorist plots and he might go to prison for fraud," the indictment said.

    - from your LA Times article