Thread: Men face ID theft, forgery charges

Men face ID theft, forgery charges
By Melanie Brandert
mbrander@argusleader.com
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PUBLISHED: December 19, 2007

The Sioux County (Iowa) Sheriff’s Department arrested three men last week on felony identity theft or forgery charges.

Ivan Santos-Cabrera, 22, of Hull was charged with forgery and identity theft last Thursday when Sioux County jailers realized he was employed using false information.

Investigators said he used a forged Nebraska identification card and Social Security number to get work at Double V Dairy in Rock Valley.

Ramiro Garcia-Ibarra, 34, of Hull was charged with identity theft on Dec. 11. Deputies investigating a noise complaint found that Garcia-Ibarra was an illegal U.S. resident.

Authorities said he used fake Social Security and Resident Alien cards of another person to get work at Formosa Food Co. in Hull.

Angel Cruz-Ortega, 32, of Sioux Center faces the same charges as Santos-Cabrera.

A sheriff’s deputy stopped Cruz-Ortega at 3 a.m. Dec. 11 for driving with no license or insurance. At the jail, staff learned that he used someone’s Social Security number to get work at Dykstra Dairy in Maurice and buy a vehicle, authorities said.

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They need to get more stringent laws regarding identity theft. Today the security guard and a citizen at Home Depot on 163rd caught a person with a shopping bag full of credit cards with various names on them. It started with a call to police about Mexicans hanging out harassing people for money and work. They were told to leave but came back. The security guard saw them and the man with the bag and looked inside the bag. The guard and a citizen held the person and called the police. The other illegals took off in a van.

Send tis article to the judge that ruled identity theft , to secure employment wasn't a crime.

swatchick, please post this article when it's available. Thanks.

I will post it when it makes the news.