Four members of counterfeit ring plead guilty to federal charges
April 07, 2008 23:38 EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Four members of a counterfeit document ring based in the Triangle pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy charges.

A federal indictment reported by The News & Observer of Raleigh said Luis Juarez-Diaz, Claudio Daniel Sandoval-Gomez, Carlos Caballero-Franco and Fabian Arturo Ramirez-Galvan helped run an operation that provided illegal immigrants with fake documents.

Assistant U.S. attorney David Bragdon said the 14-member ring produced thousands of fake documents, including Social Security cards and state driver's licenses. Bragdon said many of the members ran the operation out of houses in Raleigh and Durham.

The indictment says they used laptops, cameras and color printers to help produce the documents.

Bragdon said the members who pleaded guilty are scheduled to return for sentencing in July. He said the others have not been arraigned.

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Information from: The News & Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com


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