A former Maryland pastor was sentenced on Thursday for his involvement in a scheme to marry off church members he recruited to foreign nationals in exchange for money. The Bowie man is alleged to have facilitated 60 sham marriages and submitted over 100 fake documents to carry out his scheme.

According to the Justice Department, the former pastor recruited and groomed economically disadvantaged United States citizens to marry foreign nationals and then sponsored them for permanent residence in the United States.  Source: WUSA-TV via MSN.com and US Attorney, District of Maryland