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Queens Man Admits Supplying Social Security Numbers to Fraud Ring NEWARK—A Queens, N.Y. man pleaded guilty today to supplying Social Security numbers to members of an identity fraud ring, acting United States Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced. Yomi Jagunna, 44, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12. Jagunna, whose bail is set at $1 million, was returned to custody, where he has been since his arrest on a criminal Complaint in New York on Oct. 28. A one-count Indictment charging him in...

Suad Leija has many secrets. The stepdaughter of Manuel Leija-Sanchez -- a key figure in what federal authorities believe is a document fraud organization run by the Castorena and Leija-Sanchez families -- has been in hiding and on the run from her own family. To help U.S. authorities crack down on document fraud, human smuggling and a host of other international crimes, she has revealed her family business, identified relatives and shed light on a series of national security failures. Fraudulent documents allegedly produced by the families include Social Security cards, driver's licenses, passports, hazardous materials licenses, utility bills and...

Posted on Fri, Nov. 22, 2002 42 indicted in Asian immigration fraud ring TIM WHITMIRE Associated Press An immigration fraud ring centered in Charlotte sold fake and illegally obtained immigration and identification documents to aliens from China, Hong Kong and Malaysia, according to a federal indictment announced Friday. Forty-two people are charged with either running the operation or purchasing documents from it, U.S. Attorney Bob Conrad Jr. said. Conrad declined to comment on whether the fraud scheme was linked to arrests Thursday at an east Charlotte home. A television report said federal agents believe a prostitution ring with links to...