'Document mill' uncovered in Loudoun

By: Emily Babay 02/04/11 12:19 PM
Examiner Staff Writer



The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says authorities have uncovered a "document mill" that manufactured hundreds of documents for illegal aliens.

A search warrant executed in late January at a building on the 700 block of Giles Place in Sterling yielded evidence of at least 500 fraudulent documents, the sheriff's office said Friday. The documents included work visas, driver's licenses, social security cards, permanent resident cards, work authorization cards and photographs of customers.

Authorities said there were enough materials to make several thousand more documents.

Three illegal immigrants were arrested in connection with the scheme. Santos Felipe Abrego-Archila, 37, and Jesus Orellana-Mena, 37, are charged with manufacturing fraudulent documents. Abrego-Archila's brother, 35-year-old Jose Alfredo Abrego-Archila, was charged with possession of fraudulent documents. The sheriff's office said additional charges are likely for all three. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainers have been placed on the three men.

Police also detained 41-year-old Ana Mirian Marroquin-Alvardo at the scene for an immigration violation.

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