ICE breaks up N.C. ties to network that creates false paperwork for immigrants

Boston Herald ^ | January 9, 2011 | David Wren

[moonshinner_09]

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents say they have broken up local ties to a brutal nationwide network of Hispanics who they believe produce false documents for illegal immigrants on the South Carolina Grand Strand and elsewhere in the region.

Some of the false documents were distributed in the Myrtle Beach, S.C., area by Victor Hugo Roa-Alzua, who will be arraigned in federal court Tuesday on five felony charges that he conspired to produce and transfer false identification documents.

Roa-Alzua is part of a national network headed by Israel Cruz Millan _ also known as El Muerto, which is Spanish for "the dead one" - that has been under investigation for the past year, according to court documents. The network has sent 1,500 wire transfers totaling about $1 million from its activities to a home base in Mexico, ICE officials said ICE officials say they have identified the network’s document production cells in at least 14 states, including the Carolinas. Roa-Alzua - who also goes by the names Primo and Leonardo - was part of a Wilmington, N.C., cell that also distributed phony documents along the Grand Strand, court documents say. He faces up to 75 years in prison if convicted of all charges.

Local law enforcement and state employment officials say they aren’t sure how big a problem the fake IDs, which can be used to obtain jobs, pose in Horry County, S.C., and elsewhere

[moonshinner_09]

Ani't no recession in selling of false identification documents,,500 wire transfers totaling about $1 million from its activities, that would be a very good year.

[no-to-illegals]

I would have to venture a guess this one was small-time. If one should pursue the money, one always finds danger and more corruption as the money being generated increases both the danger and corruption increase.

[upchuck]

Although the headline mentions NC, there are plenty of SC references in the article.

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[upchuck]

From the article:

Knight said the best way for business owners to protect themselves against phony documents and potential fines is to use the free E-verify system, an Internet-based system set up by the federal government to determine the validity of Social Security numbers and other employment information.

"The accuracy rate is between 95 percent and 97 percent," Knight said. "That’s the best system for screening out the phony documents."

Amen. E-verify is the way to go.

[ml/nj]

If anyone from "ICE" is serious about deporting illegal aliens, please contact me by FReepmail and I will point out a couple of spots not far from me where you can go between 7:30 and 8 AM and find a whole bunch of suspicious individuals.

ML/NJ

[neal1960]

Together we can keep ICE busy. I have a few myself.

[liberateUS]

"Local law enforcement and state employment officials say they aren’t sure how big a problem the fake IDs, which can be used to obtain jobs, pose..."

It's hugh and series!

[ml/nj]

Well, I keep you in mind if any seem particularly interested in SC.

ML/NJ

[RightGeek]

"Maybe they’re using them to get jobs or benefits," he said. "There are not a lot of (criminal) reports where we’re seeing fake IDs."

Probably because no one is checking, airbrain, or is it that you think that using them to get benefits isn't illegal? Do you think they are buying them because they are collecting them?

[satan]

“Brutal”?

[HiJinx]

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