Sat 24 Feb 2007
Police Crack Fake ID’s for Illegals in GA
Posted by Dave under Borders & Security , Crime & Justice , Georgia PeachesFake ID ring supplying forged documents for illegal immigrants has been discovered in Carrollton, GA
Police in Carrollton said that they’ve broken a forgery ring that has been supplying hundreds of fake IDs to illegal immigrants in the Carroll County area. Residents tipped them to the problem and after months of investigation by Carrollton police and federal immigration operatives they’ve taken three people into custody.Investigators said 42-year-old Christine Garcia admitted to making the fake IDs, hundreds of them over at least the last year.
Police said they believe her sister-in-law Elisa Garcia and Elisa’s husband Hugo Castillo were the other two involved and that those two mainly drummed up the clients needing false documents.
Captain Daryl Diamond of the Carrollton Police said an undercover buy confirmed what was going on.
“They were able to make a purchase and their purchase was for two separate IDs and for both together it was $130,” Diamond said.
Diamond said Garcia made the IDs in her home in Roopville, Ga., on the southern edge of Carroll County. Police found a computer with evidence of hundreds of IDs on it as well as printers and clippings from the ID operation.
“There’s no telling how many people she made IDs for that are out of this area, throughout the U.S. They could be using these IDs for any kind of illegal acts,” said Diamond.
Investigators said the clientele was made up of illegal immigrants, and that Garcia made all sorts of IDs — state ID cards, social security cards with made-up numbers, resident alien cards. They believe the impact of the operation reaches across the country.
Christine Garcia is charged with six counts of forgery. Elisa Garcia and Hugo Castillo remain in federal custody and are expected to be deported back to Mexico.
Yet another “work-at-home” scheme… and certainly just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine what would happen if the feds and state government actually verified the information supplied on employment records!
