A Russian woman who married a Jackson resident in 2007 will be deported after serving about two months in a federal prison for evading immigration laws through marriage fraud, according to a release from U.S. district court.

Anna Karnaukhova, 24, pleaded guilty to marriage fraud last month. Authorities allege she and her Russian boyfriend schemed to obtain green cards through separate marriages and then divorce their spouses and marry each other.

According to court records, immigration officials say Karnaukhova had lived in the United States since March 9, 2005, when she came on a J-1 student visa from Russia but never left after the visa expired Sept. 28, 2005.

Her boyfriend, Oleg Odintsov, 25, came to the United States from Russia on a J-1 student visa April 12, 2005, according to court records. His visa expired Sept. 30, 2005, and he didn’t leave either, immigrations officials say.

Authorities allege Odintsov approached Jackson resident Russell Bernard Hazelwood and asked him to marry his girlfriend so she could one day gain U.S. citizenship. They were married in December 2007. Authorities say Odintsov then married Ashley Abinante, a U.S. citizen and a co-worker of Karnaukhova’s, in August 2008. Odintsov proposed to her five days after they met and they were married within two weeks of meeting, according to court documents.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials began investigating Karnaukhova and Odintsov after Jackson police allegedly confiscated an AK-47 rifle in Odintsov’s residence during a domestic violence call in May 2008. That case was turned over to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“Odintsov denied owning the rifle and claims that it suddenly appeared in his residence,” court records state.

Immigrations investigators learned that Karnaukhova and Odintsov lived together in a romantic relationship and found no evidence of a relationship between Karnaukhova and her husband, Hazelwood, according to court records.

Hazelwood admitted to marrying Karnaukhova to keep her from being deported and so he could more easily travel in Russia, records state. Hazelwood was not charged.

According to court records, Odintsov’s wife told investigators her husband forced her to help process immigration paperwork for Karnaukhova that she thought was fraudulent.

Odintsov was also charged with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, evading immigration laws through marriage fraud and illegal possession of a semi-automatic firearm. His case has not yet closed in the federal court system.

This is the second federal marriage fraud case to touch Jackson Hole this year.

Artur Grigoryan, 21, was the only Jackson resident included in a sweeping indictment of 50 people across the country accused of marriage fraud charges in August.

A grand jury indicted 10 people in Cincinnati in March on charges that they conspired to commit marriage fraud by creating an organization designed to help Eastern Europeans enter into sham marriages in order to qualify for permanent residency. Eight of those 10 pleaded guilty earlier this month and authorities issued warrants for 50 of the organization’s “clients.”

They admitted to recruiting foreign nationals like Grigoryan and U.S. citizens.

Nothing in the charging documents in the cases against Karnaukhova and Odintsov suggests their cases are related to the organization in Ohio.