Homeland Security agents created a fake university in Michigan to attract foreign nationals who wanted to use student status to extend U.S. visa privileges, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. The University of Farmington didn't have any professors or hold any classes — but that didn't matter to "students" who used the sham school to stay in the U.S. illegally, the government says.
「據周三公布的一份聯邦起訴書，國土安全部特工在密西根州建立了一所假大學，以吸引希望利用學生身份延長美國籤證特權的外國公民。法明頓大學沒有任何教授，也沒有開設任何課程，但政府稱，這對那些利用這所假學校非法留在美國的「學生」來說並不重要。」
Posing as the university's owners and staff, agents from Homeland Security Investigations worked with the recruiters to gather false student records, including transcripts, to deceive immigration authorities, according to the indictment.
「起訴書稱，國土安全部調查局的特工假扮該學校所有者和員工，與招生人員合作收集虛假學生記錄，包括成績單，以欺騙移民部門。」
The complex sting operation resulted in the arrest of eight men who now face felony charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
「這次複雜的釣魚行動導致8名男子被捕，他們現在面臨陰謀詐騙美國的重罪指控。」
【必背搭配】
① 假學校的幾種說法：fake / sham / bogus school
② extend privileges 延長特權
③ hold classes 開設課程
④ false records 虛假記錄
⑤ sting operation 釣魚（誘捕）行動