In a series of coordinated efforts by the FBI and other federal agencies, multiple individuals were brought to justice for their involvement in distinct fraudulent schemes across the United States. The FBI Boston, assisted by @USPIS_BOS, sentenced Syretta Scherer to 46 months in prison for her role in a romance scam conspiracy that defrauded seniors in several states, including Rhode Island, out of at least $5.8 million. In a separate case, @FBIIndianapolis reported that a Texas woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for defrauding an Indiana pharmaceutical company out of over $640,000. Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that four individuals were sentenced in federal court in Boston for operating a Los Angeles-based large-scale marriage fraud agency that arranged hundreds of sham marriages to circumvent immigration laws, affecting over 600 non-citizen clients. Marcialito "Mars" Biol Benitez, one of the operators, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and immigration document fraud.