On this date in 1984, a former Cass County assistant state’s attorney and four others were indicted for arranging sham marriages between Iranian nationals and American women to fraudulently obtain U.S. residency.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

By Jim Corcoran

STAFF WRITER

A former assistant Cass County state’s attorney, along with four other individuals, has been indicted on two federal charges arising from a marriage scam.

Debra Lewis, 28, is accused of having aided and assisted the participants of the fraudulent marriages in the preparation and submission of their claims for permanent resident alien status to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

A federal grand jury in Bismarck, N.D., also handed down indictments against Reza A. Maleki,

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