10 more O'Hare workers arrested on fake ID charges
Tribune staff report
10:43 PM CST, November 8, 2007

Federal immigration officials announced Thursday they have arrested 10 more workers in an alleged fake ID scam at O'Hare International Airport, raising the total number of defendants to 36.

The operation was revealed Wednesday after a team of federal and local law enforcement agents raided several airport warehouses and residences of employees at Ideal Staffing Solutions, a temporary employment agency in Bensenville.

Two of those previously arrested were company managers who now face up to 10 years in prison for federal felony charges of harboring illegal immigrants and using phony Social Security numbers. All of the 34 other workers arrested are in the country illegally, officials said.

Still unanswered is how the company got access to expired city Aviation Department badges that officials charged were fraudulently used by the workers. Officials said they're also unsure why the deactivated badges allowed the workers to pass through security checkpoints at the airport, gaining entry to the O'Hare tarmac and commercial cargo areas while on the job.
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