Hustling
According to Albright, the couple is tied to an organized crime ring in California. They had entered the country illegally and committed crimes on a daily basis. They are known to reside in expensive apartment blocks and have numerous cars to enable them to pull their scams on their unsuspecting targets.
It is likely that the couple is not a couple at all, and the panhandler’s “pregnancy” was used as a tactic to elicit sympathy from the kindhearted locals. But what other crimes are the ring heading? — there is more to the story than meets the eye.