Adam Mack, 39, of Portland, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to aiding and abetting visa and marriage fraud and making false statements. Mack served as a state legislator representing the Standish area in the 1990s.
According to U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II, between October 2009 and January 2012, Mack unlawfully assisted foreign nationals who were seeking to become a lawful permanent residents, or green card holders, by engaging in marriage and visa fraud and he made false statements regarding his employment of them to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Mack faces up to 10 years in prison on the visa fraud charges, and up to five years on the marriage fraud and false statement charges. He also faces fines of up to $250,000 on each charge. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the United States Probation Office, Delahanty said.
The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
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