MSCO: Deputies raid Phoenix business, expect 100 arrests
Reported by: Katrina Wessman
Email: kwessman@abc15.com
Last Update: 8:09 am

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PHOENIX – Deputies are reportedly expecting to make 100 identity theft arrests during a raid at a business in Phoenix this morning.

Deputy Lindsey Smith with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said deputies and posse members are in the process of detaining over 100 employees at the Royal Paper Converting Company near 17th Avenue and Fillmore Street.

Deputies have a search warrant for the property after as many as 102 people employed were found to be using false or stolen identification documents after a year long investigation, said Smith.

Most of those under investigation reportedly have an immigration status that has yet to be determined.

Smith said this is the second time in 12 months that this company has been the focus of employer sanctions investigations by MCSO.

Video from overhead Air15 showed several people being detained in the parking lot and led back into the building.

There is no word if any arrests have been made.


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