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Tribal Chief Charged in Immigration Scam Quote: Tribal Chief Charged in Immigration Scam
Sep 7, 4:32 PM (ET)
By ROXANA HEGEMAN
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe was charged Friday with scheming to sell tribal memberships to immigrants by falsely claiming the documents would make them U.S. citizens, a federal prosecutor said.
Malcolm L. Webber, also known as Grand Chief Thunderbird IV, was charged with attempting to defraud the federal government, harboring illegal immigrants and possession of false identification documents with intent to defraud the United States.
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