ICE/HSI Dismantles Fresno-Area Counterfeit Document Mill
Fresno,
CA – December 18, 2012
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
arrested two Fresno-area residents on December 4, 2012 from an investigation based
on the allegation that they were operating a fraudulent document mill.
The
article, released yesterday on the ICE website,
states “The defendants took photographs and biographical information from the
customers and used the information to produce fraudulent Social Security cards
and alien registration cards, also known as “green cards.””
The
suspects, “Antonio Mora-Cruz, 45, and Soledad Vargas-Herrera, 59, both of
Madera, were arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shelia K. Oberto on a
12-count indictment charging them with conspiring to produce and sell false
identification documents.”
If they
are convicted, each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a
$250,000 fine, which is the same penalty previously seen in our ”ICE
Dismantles 2 Major Fresno-area Phony Document Mills” blog post.
Labels: Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, ICE, ICE investigation, ICE raid, Immigration Customs Enforcement
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