Published: 10.10.2007

Man faces 40 years after conviction for faking ID documents
By Alexis Huicochea
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A 44-year-old man was convicted of selling fake Social Security and permanent-resident cards in Tucson after he created a number of fraudulent documents for undercover investigators.
Jose Angel Diaz-Quintero was convicted of forgery, illegally conducting an enterprise and trafficking in the identity of another person, according to Special Assistant Attorney General Gabriel "Jack" Chin.
Diaz-Quintero told investigators from the Arizona Fraudulent Identification Task Force that he had been making the false documents for a year before he was arrested in June 2006, Chin said.
He got into the business, which generated approximately $3,000 a month, after he made documents for himself because he was not able to legally work in this country, according to Chin.
Soon, Diaz-Quintero had runners who hung out in parking lots looking for people in need of fake IDs, Chin said. The runner would get a photo of the person along with a name and date of birth that would be printed on a Social Security and permanent-resident card.
Some of the documents had made-up information while others had information from real people in other states, Chin said.
Diaz-Quintero was released on bail, but he absconded and will be sentenced when he is arrested, Chin said. He is facing 40 years in prison.
One of the runners, 40-year-old Juan Antonio Garcia-Armenta, pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery and was sentenced last month to 90 days in jail and four years' probation.
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