Thread: N.C.: Fake ID lab busted

Fake ID lab busted

5 illegal immigrants arrested


Credit: ROBERT C. REED/RECORD
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Agent Jessica Walker holds examples of false identification cards.
Walker was recently involved in a investigation which shut down an illegal indentification operation in Hickory.


By Richard Gould
Published: February 22, 2011


Fake driver’s licenses and Social Security cards were just two of the products that could be bought at a complex raided by a multi-agency force following a four-month investigation.

The three-house complex on 29th St. Ct. NE off Springs Road also had prostitutes and drugs available, according to complaints.

Five Mexican-born suspects were arrested at the complex Friday during a multi-agency bust spearheaded by the Department of Motor Vehicles with assistance from the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division, Immigration Customs Enforcement and Catawba County’s Special Tactics and Response Team.

“Everybody we arrested will be deported following their convictions,â€

[quote]“There are a lot of people out there doing this,â€