Thread: KS-Two Sentenced for Selling Stolen IDs to Employees of Engi

Two Sentenced for Selling Stolen IDs to Employees of Engineered Air

Friday, October 30, 2009
infoZine

Two Olathe men have been sentenced to federal prison for identity theft.

Kansas City, MO - U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said yesterday that Benito M. Dominguez, 47, Olathe, Kan., was sentenced to 54 months. His son, Jose E. Dominguez, 22, Olathe, Kan., was sentenced to 48 months.

Both men pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of making a false identification document.

In their pleas, they admitted that on Oct. 20, 2008, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office arranged for an officer working undercover to purchase a fraudulent permanent resident alien card and a fraudulent Social Security card from Jose E. Dominguez.

On Oct. 22, 2008, investigators served a search warrant at the home of Benito and Jose Dominguez at 120 Saxony in Olathe. They seized materials for manufacturing fraudulent documents including templates for Social Security cards, permanent resident alien cards and driver’s licenses, a device for laminating cards, and notebooks containing handwritten names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. In an electric typewriter, investigators found a ribbon containing approximately 400 names and Social Security numbers. Investigators determined that 41 of the Social Security numbers in the notebook matched the Social Security numbers listed on employee documents for current employees of Engineered Air, a manufacturing company in DeSoto, Kan. In addition, 26 current or former Engineered Air employees worked under Social Security numbers listed on the typewriter ribbons. Most of the Social Security numbers matched real persons whose names were listed along with the Social Security numbers on the typewriter ribbon.

On Jan. 9, 2009, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested eight Engineered Air employees who had used stolen identities to obtain employment. Investigators determined Benito Dominguez was charging approximately $350 for a full set of fraudulent documents, which included a Social Security card and a resident alien card. Jose Dominguez helped his father create the false documents.

Welch commended the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Kansas Department of Revenue, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zabel for their work on the case.

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op ... sid/38251/

So it sounds like one got a job stole some data and started filling the place up with other illegal aliens.

Dixie