Mexican Siblings Sentenced for Running Fraudulent Document Ring in U.S......Kinda

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1. Residing in the country illegally.
2. Producing and selling fraudulent SS cards and alien registration
cards.
3. Possessing a 9mm Beretta handgun and multiple high-
capacity magazines....when you are an illegal alien.

Homeland Security Investigations was quite pleased with the prison sentences saying this:

“These sentences should serve as a reminder about the consequences facing those involved in the counterfeit document trade,” said Clark Settles, special agent in charge for HSI San Francisco. “Individuals who knowingly and indiscriminately sell phony identity documents are putting the security of our communities and even our country at risk, which is why these cases are a priority for Homeland Security Investigations.”

What sentence did they get? Sure must have been scary and all considering the chest thumping of the HSI agent....let's see:

"Two siblings from Mexico were sentenced on Tuesday to 10 MONTHS in federal prison following a probe spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed the pair manufactured and sold counterfeit identity and immigration documents in the Bay Area."

**They'll be back on the streets just in time to receive their amnesty, though. Count on it.**

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Do you see a common thread with the people committing these acts?

11 sentenced for counterfeit documents

Family document-traffickers sold fake Green Cards

Updated: Thursday, 21 Feb 2013, 10:04 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013, 8:57 PM EST



GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The last person involved in a large fraudulent document-trafficking ring has been sentenced.

Jacinto Morales-Martinez, 48, was sentenced to serve 60 months in a federal prison for leading the family-organized document-trafficking ring.

In June 2012, Homeland Security Investigations agents, working with other agencies, arrested 11 people, including at least six members of one family, who allegedly sold fraudulent Green Cards and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants for years all over West Michigan.

Morales-Martinez was also sentenced to a 60-month sentence for returning to the US after deportation for an aggravated felony. The sentences will be served concurrently.

The 10 other people involved in the scheme --
•Juan Jose Morales-Martinez, 34, was sentenced to 46 months in a federal prison
•Ricardo Uriel Morales-Jimenez, 21, was sentenced to 15 months
•Rodolfo Esquivel, 61, was sentenced to one year
•Ledin Over Ovalle-Perez, 29, was sentenced to 12 months
•Luis Alberto Morales-Jimenez, 23, was sentenced to 10 months
•Jacinto Jonathan Morales-Mendoza, 19, was sentenced to 10 months
•Maria De La Luz Mendoza-Martinez, 43, was sentenced to eight months
•Giovanni Sanabria-Morales, 29, was sentenced to eight months
•Amparo Mercado, 36, was sentenced to eight months
•Hugo Alexis Morales-Jimenez, 22, was sentenced to six months

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February 15, 2013

Tampa, FL

Clearwater man sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for selling counterfeit documents



TAMPA, Fla. – A Clearwater man was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for committing immigration document fraud. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

According to court documents, Mario Cabrera, 34, sold counterfeit documents, including driver's licenses, Social Security cards and permanent resident alien cards to a confidential informant on multiple occasions.

"When HSI special agents executed a search warrant at Mr. Cabrera's residence, they uncovered more than 100 fraudulent documents," said Susan McCormick, special agent in charge of HSI Tampa. "Mr. Cabrera was providing these documents to people trying to evade the legal immigration process. These individuals could be threats to public safety, or even worse, national security."

The court also ordered Cabrera to forfeit electronics and computer equipment used to commit the offense.

Cabrera pleaded guilty Nov. 26.

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Two convicted of counterfeiting official documents sentenced to prison

By COLTON LOCHHEAD
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL


Two Mexican nationals convicted of producing counterfeit documents and selling phony identification cards have been sentenced to up to five years in prison.

Jose Navarro-Parra, 38, and Libia Bustillos-Gonzalez, 30, were sentenced Friday in Clark County District Court after pleading guilty in January to charges of establishing and possessing a financial forgery laboratory.

According to reports, the pair, both in the U.S. illegally, were producing “green cards,” social security cards, and driver’s licenses from multiple states and selling them at swap meets in the Las Vegas area.

Investigators said that the phony documents were of high quality.

In March 2011, special agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and Las Vegas police detectives executed search warrants at both Navarro-Parra’s and Bustillos-Gonzalez’s homes, where they recovered counterfeiting equipment, including laminating machines, card stock, and $18,000 in cash.

“These sentences should serve as a sobering warning for anyone involved in the counterfeit document trade,” said Michael Harris, assistant special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in Las Vegas. “Those who knowingly and indiscriminately sell phony identity documents are putting the security of our communities and even our country at risk.”

Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0264.

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LEADERS IN BROADWAY DOCUMENT MILL SENTENCED TO PRISON



Nine Defendants Operated a Document Mill in the 200 Block of South Broadway in Baltimore and
Sold Thousands of Fraudulent Government Identification Documents



Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Roberto Morales-Perez, a/k/a “Piza,” age 27, of Baltimore to 6 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to a operate a document mill in the 200 block of South Broadway in Baltimore (the “Broadway Territory”), and selling fraudulent government identification documents manufactured as part of the conspiracy.



On April 23, 2013, Judge Quarles sentenced the brother of Morales-Perez, Ivan Altamirano-Perez, a/k/a “Elmer,” age 33, also of Baltimore, to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised for conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud and misuse of immigration documents, social security fraud, and identification document fraud, in the same scheme.



Moralez-Perez and Altamirano-Perez are Mexican nationals in the country illegally and face deportation upon the completion of their sentences.



The sentences were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Special Agent in Charge Michael McGill of the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector General, Philadelphia Field Division.



“Document fraud poses a severe threat to national security and puts the security of our communities at risk because it creates a vulnerability that may enable terrorists, criminals and illegal aliens to gain entry to and remain in the United States,” said HSI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge William Winter. “This investigation resulted in the dismantlement of a document fraud criminal organization based out of Maryland and the arrest of its leaders. Homeland Security Investigations will move aggressively to investigate and bring to justice those who potentially compromise the integrity of America's legal immigration system.”



According to their plea agreements and other court documents, responsibility for manufacturing identity documents – including permanent resident cards and social security cards - rotated among various individuals. From June 2008 through May 2010, Morales-Perez and Altamirano-Perez received the income from manufacturing the identity documents. Beginning in May 2010 and continuing until their arrests, the Perez brothers shared the territory and income with Miguel Reyes-Ontiveros (collectively, the Operators). The location of the manufacturing operation changed frequently to avoid detection.



In addition to manufacturing the documents, the Operators sold the documents themselves or through salesmen. The defendants used a group of at least 10 individuals to sell and distribute the fake identity documents. The documents were offered for sale and distributed in and around the 200 block of South Broadway in Baltimore.

According to their plea agreements, the salesmen solicited individuals in the Broadway territory to purchase the fake identification documents, either in person or by distributing business cards. The salesman would negotiate a price with the buyer, usually between $130 and $160, and obtain a picture and the information which the buyer wanted on the identification card. The salesman would then call in the order to the Operator who was working that week. The completed identity document would subsequently be provided to the salesman to be sold to the buyer.

The defendants manufactured and sold 9,990 fraudulent identification documents for which they received approximately $1.68 million.



All nine defendants have pleaded guilty in this case. Miguel Reyes-Ontiveros, age 42, of Baltimore, one of the document mill operators, was previously sentenced to 57 months in prison. All of the defendants are in the U.S. illegally and face deportation upon the completion of their sentences.



A defendant in a related case, Victor Lopez Escamilla, was convicted by a jury of manufacturing and trafficking in counterfeit identity document, social security number cards, and immigration identity documents and was sentenced to 97 months in prison.



Anyone who has information on this type of fraud may contact ICE via its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE (1-866-347-2423) or by visiting www.ice.gov/tips.



United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised HSI Baltimore and the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector General for their work in the investigation, and thanked the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service - Washington Field Office; the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration - Investigation and Security Services Division; and the Baltimore County Police Department for their assistance. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Tamera L. Fine and Judson T. Mihok, who prosecuted the case.

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Four members of a document fraud ring that made and sold counterfeit social security cards, permanent resident cards, and other fake identification documents were sentenced to federal prison today by United States District Judge Steve C. Jones on a charge of conspiring to produce fraudulent identification documents, announced United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. The defendants sentenced were all of Mexico.

United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, “Manufacturing counterfeit identification documents is a serious problem in our community. These defendants ran an operation that enabled many illegal aliens to get their hands on identification that made it appear as if they were legally in the United States. This crime creates impacts our community in many ways, not the least of which is the negative impact on the credit history and financial well-being of people whose Social Security Numbers were unlawfully used on the counterfeit documents. I encourage everyone to regularly check their credit report for unusual activity.”

“This case highlights our commitment to protecting both the integrity of our immigration system and our national security,” said Brock D. Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Atlanta. “HSI will continue to aggressively investigate individuals that engage in document fraud schemes that undermine the integrity of our nation's legal immigration system and enable criminals and other national security threats to obscure their identities.” Nicholson oversees HSI activities in Georgia and the Carolinas.

“This case demonstrates the wide-reaching effects of the manufacturing and selling of counterfeit identification documents and its impact on innocent victims and our communities. The importance of cooperation among our law enforcement partners remains paramount to our ability to catch those that are involved in these types of fraudulent activities,” said Reginald Moore, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Atlanta Field Office.

“This result puts a significant dent in a large and widespread criminal enterprise. I want to thank the investigators and the lawyers for their work in prosecuting this case. It is important that we all continue and redouble our efforts in this area,” said John Sours, Administrator, Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection.

The court imposed the following sentences on the defendants, each of whom had previously pleaded guilty:

Four additional co-defendants in the scheme, all of Mexico, have also pleaded guilty and await sentencing on various dates over the next three months.

According to United States Attorney Yates, the charges and other information presented in court: In January 2010, the Metro Cobb Smyrna Task Force supplied information to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) about an organization selling counterfeit identification documents, including Social Security cards and Permanent Resident Cards. The organization used a coin laundromat located in Smyrna, Georgia to facilitate the sale of the counterfeit documents. The organization offered their services to illegal aliens who frequented the laundry facilities. Between March 16, 2010, and August 18, 2011, HSI Agents, United States Secret Service Agents, and Investigators with the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection purchased counterfeit identification documents from members of the organization at various locations in Cobb County, Georgia as part of an undercover operation.

The documents purchased from the organization included Social Security cards, Permanent Resident Cards and State of Georgia Driver's Licenses. Through the use of physical surveillance as well as video surveillance, agents determined the location of the organization’s counterfeit document production facility. On September 8, 2011, agents executed a search warrant at an apartment complex in Marietta, Georgia. During the search of the apartment, agents recovered document making equipment, including computers and printers, and recovered electronic files containing over 2000 images of fraudulent identification documentation, including Social Security cards, Permanent Resident Cards, birth certificates, driver’s licenses from over twenty states, and various other identification documents. Agents also recovered firearms.

This case was investigated by law enforcement agents of Homeland Security Investigations - Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force, the United States Secret Service, and the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection.

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Undocumented Immigrant Sentenced to Prison for Selling Fake IDs

(Phoenix, Ariz. - June 11, 2009) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the conviction and sentencing of an undocumented alien residing in Phoenix for making and selling counterfeit Social Security cards and resident alien cards.

Mexican national Camillo Nava-Nava, 22, who lived in Phoenix, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of trafficking in the identity of another.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office initiated a criminal investigation after the Arizona Fraudulent Identification Task Force received a tip that Nava-Nava was involved in the sale of fake identification to individuals.

According to investigators, Nava-Nava sold false identification documents to an undercover police officer in August 2006. He was also allegedly in possession of multiple fake identification documents at the time of his arrest in September 2006.

Nava-Nava admitted to selling fake documents on at least 30 different occasions prior to his arrest. However, investigators believe the figure to be much higher.

Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson prosecuted this case in Maricopa County Superior Court

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My buddy who stole $1,000,000 worth of depth finders, bicycles, and golf clubs and sold them on Ebay got a 205 month sentence in the Fed.

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