Russian sisters whose fake marriages had ties to San Bernardino terror attack get new sentencing dates
By Richard K. DeAtley | The Mercury News | October 18, 2018New sentencing dates have been set for two Russian sisters who admitted their roles in a fake-marriage scheme involving a friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in the Dec. 2, 2015 San Bernardino terror attack.
The sisters, Tatiana Farook and Mariya Chernykh, were to be sentenced separately in Riverside federal court during the next 2 1/2 weeks, but are now scheduled to be sentenced in the spring.
The bogus marriage of Chernykh to Enrique Marquez Jr. was a scheme to prevent Chernykh’s deportation, authorities said. Marquez was the illegal straw buyer of two AR-15-style rifles Syed Rizwan Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik used in the attack, the FBI said.
Tatiana Farook, sister-in-law of Syed Rizwan Farook, now faces an April 15, 2019 sentencing date for her guilty plea in February 2017 to one felony count of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. She had been scheduled for sentencing Oct. 22.
The sentencing date for Chernykh was moved from Nov. 5 to May 20, 2019. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy, perjury and two counts of making false statements in January 2017.
Syed Raheel Farook, the husband of Tatiana and older brother of Rizwan, faces a March 25, 2019 sentencing for his role in the sham marriage plot. He has pleaded to one count of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. His sentencing date was changed last month, from Sept. 24.
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