It is fraud but more importantly, it only takes a few cases like this for USCIS to make the rules even more tight than they already are. A few bad apples make t

It is fraud but more importantly, it only takes a few cases like this for USCIS to make the rules even more tight than they already are. A few bad apples make the system incredibly difficult for the majority. Then slowly more people start breaking the rules (after all, life is short, noone wants to wait decades), then the system becomes even more difficult and the cycle continues. I guess every system begins with good intentions and finally ends up getting unfriendly as people abuse it. One can argue that it is the system creators' job to make the system fair and difficult to game, but that is a topic for another time... end rant :(