Fraudsters sold fake Sephardic citizenship for cash, say Spanish police
The immigration scheme allegedly exploited a 2015 law, dubbed the “Law of Return,” that allows the descendants of Jews expelled in the 1492 Spanish Inquisition to obtain Spanish nationality.
A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015.(photo credit: Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage/Getty Images)ByORGE CASTELLANO/JTA