{"id":41447,"date":"2021-07-08T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/08\/former-fort-bragg-sergeant-convicted-in-marriage-fraud-ring\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:35:25","slug":"former-fort-bragg-sergeant-convicted-in-marriage-fraud-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/07\/08\/former-fort-bragg-sergeant-convicted-in-marriage-fraud-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Fort Bragg sergeant convicted in marriage fraud ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story was first published in the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fayobserver.com\/story\/news\/2021\/07\/07\/fort-bragg-soldier-samuel-agyapong-convicted-marriage-fraud-charges\/7874646002\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Fayetteville Observer<\/i><\/a><i>. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RALEIGH \u2014 A former Army sergeant at Fort Bragg was convicted last week in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/02\/22\/fort-bragg-soldiers-indicted-in-marriage-and-immigration-fraud-sting\/\" target=\"_blank\">marriage fraud ring<\/a>, a news release from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel Manu Agyapong, 34, was found guilty Friday&nbsp;on charges of&nbsp;conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, aid and abet naturalization fraud, harboring an alien, visa fraud, theft of government property and trying to obstruct the testimony of a witness in an official proceeding, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agyapong faces up to 25 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release following imprisonment when sentenced in October, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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Norman Acker, III, said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agyapong\u2019s conviction comes about a month after another Fort Bragg soldier,&nbsp;Ebenezer \u201cBen\u201d Yeboah Asane, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court&nbsp;to marriage fraud and conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asane planned and organized sham marriages of several foreign nationals from Ghana to U.S. Army soldiers based at Fort Bragg, a previous release said. 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