Another document mill found in Virginia
On Friday, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced the discovery of a phony document mill that has produced at least 500 fake driver’s licenses and work visas.
According to Sheriff Stephen Simpson four Salvadoran nationals were arrested during the raid. Computers, vehicles and more than $2,000 in cash were also seized.
Three have been charged with manufacturing fraudulent documents. All were in the country illegally, and two had been previously deported.
In December, federal investigators uncovered numerous “document production cells” which churned out countless counterfeited green cards, Social Security cards and other documents for illegal aliens across the country.
The indictment alleges that the ring was based in Richmond, Va., and sold the fake documents in Manassas and the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. The criminal enterprise also operated in Arkansas, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Indiana, Kentucky and Rhode Island.
The multi-state operation was allegedly headed by Israel Cruz Millan, 25, an illegal alien who goes by the name “El Muerto,” Spanish for “the dead one.”
In all, arrest warrants for 30 individuals were issued, many of whom are in the country illegally.
So far, at least 25 of the fugitives have been arrested. Each of the defendants is charged either with conspiracy to produce and transfer false identification documents, involvement in a money-laundering conspiracy, or both.
Officials say that in Richmond on May 28, 2010, one of those arrested, delivered counterfeit Resident Alien (green card) and Social Security cards to an informant for a fee of $200 only one day after the source provided his or her photograph and information.
Western Union wire transfers were the preferred way of moving profits around.
Nearly all of the defendants speak only Spanish and translators will be needed throughout their trials.
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