I’m asking USCIS and Congress to create a reporting channel for identity theft and financial fraud committed by Green Card holders against the U.S. citizens who sponsor them. Right now, there’s no place to report these crimes — and victims are left paying for the damage.

I need your help because I am currently fighting this fight alone…

I am a victim of identity theft and financial fraud committed by none other than my own spouse — a resident alien from the U.K. whom I legally sponsored for her Green Card. I signed the I-864 Affidavit of Support to ensure she would never become a public burden, even in the event of divorce.

Our marriage was already difficult, but what I later discovered was devastating. My spouse used my Social Security Number, State ID, passport, mailing address, date of birth, and multiple forged email addresses and phone numbers to open loans and credit cards in my name. There are over 75 attempts, totaling more than $350,000.

She also opened bank accounts in my name, forged checks, fabricated leases and tenant signatures, and created fake paystubs and IDs to apply for credit across the United States — even attempting home equity loans against my house of 25 years. All without my knowledge or consent.

To hide her actions, she put my mail on hold, blocking credit alerts and collection notices. My once-perfect credit score dropped to 590. When confronted, she admitted to several of these crimes, moved out, and promised to repay me — a promise that, like everything else, was a lie.

For ten months she sustained an elaborate deception, claiming she’d received a $26,000 LendingTree loan and was narrating a seven-book series for Harlan Coben. In reality, she was fabricating documents, forging my signature, and running up over $70,000 in unpaid credit-card bills and $3,500 in utilities, while leaving behind $6,000 in property damage to my rental home.

I filed a police report with Portland Police and fought tirelessly to bring this case to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. The DA agreed it was criminal conduct — but closed the case, citing lack of investigators and funding. Because the perpetrator was my spouse, the DA labeled it a “civil matter.”

Let me be clear:

🔹 We had no shared assets.

🔹 She admitted to stealing my SSN and creating fake accounts.

🔹 Her IP address appears on dozens of fraudulent loan applications.

This is not a civil dispute. This is a crime.

Under ORS 165.800, identity theft is an Aggravated Felony B, punishable by up to ten years in prison. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, knowingly using someone else’s identity carries additional federal penalties.

I have contacted USCIS, ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security. Each confirmed that unless there is a felony conviction, they cannot act, even though this is clear fraud and moral turpitude under immigration law. Meanwhile, my spouse — the perpetrator — will be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship in August 2025.

To make matters worse, she filed for divorce demanding part of my assets, alimony, and life-insurance coverage, while her pro bono attorney threatens to enforce the I-864 to force me to support her financially — the same person who stole my identity and destroyed my credit.

How I’m Fighting
I am representing myself — pro se — in both civil and family court to hold my spouse accountable for identity theft, fraud, and emotional harm.

In October 2025, I won a partial judgment in Oregon, where the court confirmed that my spouse did misuse my identity and breach her fiduciary duty as a spouse. It is now legally established that spousal identity theft occurred — but Oregon law still does not recognize it as a separate civil tort.

That’s why I’m taking this fight to the Oregon Court of Appeals — to establish a precedent that identity theft within a marriage is not a private matter, but a crime with lasting financial and emotional consequences.

My ultimate goal is to push for legislative reform so victims like me can report these crimes directly to USCIS, ICE, and DHS, and so prosecutors can treat spousal identity theft for what it truly is: a felony, not a civil dispute.

This Has to Change

The USCIS, ICE, and DHS currently investigate only marriage fraud, terrorism, or immigration-law violations. There is no process for U.S. citizens to report spousal identity theft or financial fraud committed by the immigrant they sponsored. Local law enforcement is overwhelmed, and DAs treat these crimes as “civil,” leaving victims trapped.

This petition calls on USCIS and Congress to create a dedicated reporting and enforcement division for financial crimes committed by sponsored immigrants — enabling direct reporting, investigation, prosecution, and, when warranted, revocation of status or deportation.

Identity theft within a marriage is not a private dispute — it is a serious, escalating national problem. According to the Federal Trade Commission, over 1.4 million fraud reports were filed in 2020 alone, with losses in the billions. Yet victims like me — whose spouses stole their identities — have no clear recourse.

I’m Fighting to Change That

Please sign and share this petition to urge lawmakers and USCIS to recognize spousal identity theft and financial fraud as serious, deportable crimes — and to give victims a pathway to justice.

Together, we can close this gap and protect Americans who open their homes, hearts, and financial lives — only to be betrayed by the very people they trusted most.

thank you

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