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A 39-year old New York woman has been arraigned after she was alleged to have married 10 husbands without divorcing some of them, ABC reports.
Liana Barrientos pleaded not guilty after she was arraigned on Friday, April 10, 2015.
Police had caught Barrientos on her 10th marriage, but dicovered she had nine other marriage licenses filed in Bronx, Westchester County, Long Island and elsewhere in New York.
Barrientos did not change her first and last name in any of the marriages, although the spelling of her first name was changed slightly in her ninth marriage certificate.
The marriages were listed as follows:
1. Nov. 5, 1999 – Groom listed as M.G, bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Eastchester.
2. Nov. 8, 2001 – Groom listed as A.A., bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Rye.
3. Nov. 26, 2001 – Groom listed as H.R, bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Yonkers.
4. Feb. 14, 2002 – Groom listed as D.K., bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Hempstead.
5. March 1, 2002 – Groom listed as D.G., bride listed as Liana Barrientos, filed in Ramapo.
6. March 14, 2002 – Groom listed as A.P., bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Huntington.
7. May 24, 2002 – Groom listed as V.D., bride listed as Liana Kristina Barrientos, filed in Greenburgh.
8. July 22, 2002 – Groom listed as R.R., bride listed as Liana K. Barrientos, filed in Mamaroneck.
9. Aug. 3, 2002 – Groom listed as K.K., bride listed as Lyana Cristina Barrientes, filed in White Plains.
The 10th husband, whom Barrientos married in 2010, had the initials S.K., according to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.
Records indicated that “Barrientos used her personal identifying information including Social Security number, date of birth, place of birth and mother’s and father’s names and location of birth
“She is believed to be currently married to four people, and at one time she was married to eight of them at the same time,” the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said in a statement after her arraignment. “The case was brought to the attention of the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Investigation Division. They indicated that seven of the men are from so-called ‘red-flagged’ countries, which included Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan and Mali. In 2006, Groom No. 8 … was deported to his home country of Pakistan following an investigation by the Joint Terrorism Task Force.”
One time FBI agent, Manny Gomez said the case was serious, positing thus: “This is a huge breach in security,” Gomez said. “Potentially, somebody in al Qaeda can come in, marry this [woman] and be in this country legally.”
