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Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). ICE, formerly the United States
Customs Service, has employed me since February 1988, and I have been a Special
Agent since September 1997. I am currently assigned to the Identity and Benefits Fraud
3. This affidavit contains information necessary to support probable cause for this
application. It is not intended to include each and every fact and matter observed by me
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officials, and my review of records, documents and other physical evidence obtained
about July 22, 1999, as a B-2 (tourist) visitor with authorization to remain in the United
States until January 21, 2000. EL HAMZAOUI came to the attention of ICE agents
during an investigation into Tiffany Jewell (Jewell), the United States Citizen that EL
6. On or about January 27, 2006, Jewell filed the Form 1-130 Petition for Alien
Relative for EL HAMZAOUI. On that same date, EL HAMZAOUI filed a Form 1-485
• CIS Form G-325A Biographic Information for Tiffany Jewell which listed her
address as 4841 West Braddock Road #203, Alexandria, Virginia from August,
CIS Adjudication Officer at the CIS Office, 2675 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax
Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia, in which Jewell falsely stated, among
other things, that she had been living at 4841 West Braddock Road, Apt 203
Apartment 203, for two years; that he and his wife recently celebrated their
wedding anniversary by dining out; and that, the night before the interview he and
Jewell ate dinner together, watched a movie, and then retired to their bedroom at
separate times; when in fact, EL HAMZAOUI knew that he did not live with
Jewell and as such did not enjoy an evening with her the night before the
interview.
stated that EL HAMZAOUI and Jewell were tenants at 4841 West Braddock
HAMZAOUI and Tiffany Jewell with their address as 4841 West Braddock Road,
• Form 1-864 Affidavit of Support dated August 25,2006, listing Tiffany Jewell as
HAMZAOUI's Virginia Identification card with the address 4841 West Braddock
7. In and around July 2008,1 contacted Archstone Newport Village and confirmed
through them that the lease dated July 8,2006 described above, and submitted to CIS by
EL HAMZAOUI, was a fake document and not a valid lease with Archstone.
Jewell's address from July 1997 to October 2007 as 2312 Skyland Terrace SE,
Washington, D.C. I obtained Washington D.C. Voter Registration records which also
show that Tiffany Jewell lived at 2312 Skyland Terrace SE, Washington, D.C. during that
time.
married to Aicha Ait Idar (Idar), the woman he married in Morocco, and the mother of
10. On or about July 20,2007, EL HAMZAOUI and Idar submitted a lease to rent
4841 West Braddock Road, #203, Bldg #48, in Alexandria, Virginia. On or about August
Newport Village for 4841 West Braddock Road Apartment #203, in Alexandria, Virginia.
On November 3, 2007, EL HAMZAOUI and Idar moved to 4862 West Braddock Road,
#102, in Alexandria, Virginia and signed a lease agreement to live at that residence until
November 2,2008.
11. On or about August 4,2003, Idar married Paris Daryl Gillespie, a United States
Citizen. On or about September 21,2005, Idar was granted lawful permanent resident
status based on that marriage. I have reason to believe based on my investigation, that
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similar to the marriage of EL HAMZAOUI to Jewell that Idar's marriage to Gillespie was
fraudulently entered into for the sole purpose of obtaining immigration benefits.
that EL HAMZAOUI referred to Idar as his "wife" during a meeting they both attended
with the manager. The manager also confirmed that both EL HAMZAOUI and Ida are
listed on the lease and have lived in the apartment together since November 2007 and that
13. The Form I-130 and Form 1-485 submitted by EL HAMZAOUI and Jewell were
denied by CIS on November 16, 2007, for discrepancies noted in the separate interviews
14. On November 15,2007, and again on August 20, 2008,1, along with others,
interviewed Tiffany Jewell about her marriage to EL HAMZAOUI. Jewell provided the
• She was born in Washington, D.C. and is a citizen of the United States.
• Jewell met EL HAMZAOUI through other individuals who recruited her to marry
• Jewell knew that EL HAMZAOUI was seeking to obtain legal immigration status
$3000 to marry him and assist him in obtaining immigration benefits through the
marriage.
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Jewell so that she would assist him in obtaining immigration benefits through the
fraudulent marriage.
immigration benefits.
(currently Citizenship and Immigration Services) as part of the proof that they
were married.
15. Based on the above information, there is probable cause to believe, that on or
about September 15,2006, in Fairfax, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia, and
under penalty of perjury (as permitted under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746),
a false statement with respect to a material fact in an application and document required
by the immigration laws and the regulations prescribed thereunder, and knowingly
presented such application and document which contained said false statement and which
failed to contain any reasonable basis in law and fact in violation of Title 18, United