Thread: Another ID Ring Busted in Northern Virginia

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Police charge six in ID ring bust

By ELISA A. GLUSHEFSKI
eglushefski@potomacnews.com
Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Prince William County police charged six Manassas-area men and a woman last week in connection with an ID forgery ring being operated out of two locations in the county, police said.

After a month of investigating, police shut down the local operation, seizing among other things a revolver, more than $8,000 in U.S. currency and equipment used for making IDs.

County police, working with the Fairfax County police/Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force, arrested the following:

Jose Raul Gutierrez-Martinez, 28; Mario Gutierrez-Martinez, 24; Jose Antonio Gutierrez-Martinez; Ricardo Gutierrez-Martinez, 31; Armando Gutierrez-Martinez, 37; Gabriel Espiricion, 27; and Patricia Gordillo, 27, of no fixed address.

Each was charged with forgery of public documents and is being held without bond on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer, said Sharon Richardson, police spokeswoman. Their court dates are scheduled for July 11.

Police say the men moved between two addresses in the county, running the operation out of a shared trailer at 7800 Tayloe Drive, No. 3, in the Lake Jackson area and at a house at 12704 Dumfries Road near Manassas.

Jose Luis Gutierrez-Martinez, who also lives at the two addresses, was not charged but is being held without bond on an ICE detainer, according to police.

A total of 21 state charges were placed on seven of the suspects for forgery of public documents, Richardson said.

The investigation continues.

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This is the second time within the last six months that this type of crime has been committed in Northern Virginia (for that matter, within the same county). The first time, I tried to get a status on whether or not an immigration hold had been processed. The words I got from the Adult Detention Center (ADC) was...well...not very nice and full of four letter words. Since then, I know that my county (Prince William County) was supposed to have trained 12 deputies in the federal paperwork, etc to handle deportation cases. I saw this on the local county channel and witnessed in a Board of Supervisors session. The only thing I am unable to do now is find out whether that training has concluded. No one is talking about it at present.

If the above was done, the case spoken about in the news article should be able to articulate whether these (obviously) illegal folks are being processed. If anyone knows the proper questions to ask, or can lead me in the right direction, I could use the advice or guidance.

At least three cases since January in Rochester, NY. and that's only the ones the media will report on.
When will ICE hit the Rochester and surrounding area and the huge illigal alien population?

Federal court papers show three local Yemini-born men, Yehia Ali Ahmed Alomari, 26, Saleh Mohamed Taher Saeed, 27 and Mohamed Al Huraibi, 49 are tied to funding thousands of dollars to the Middle East group Hezbollah. The men are charged with money laundering, illegally sending millions of dollars to bank accounts in the Middle East.

News 10NBC has learned they're accused of making the money selling fake green cards and probation letters.

"Certainly the investigation began when the red flag went up," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Bret Puscheck. "By virtue of the fact that we're talking about over $12 million dollars in one case, over $2 million dollars in another case."

But a federal criminal complaint also shows they knowingly helped send more than $80,000 to what they thought was Hezbollah.

Court papers say the men helped undercover agents funnel thousands of dollars to Hezbollah. The money actually went to a undercover account set up for the sting.

News 10NBC confronted one of the defendants, Al Huraibi, about the terrorist link.

"Did you send money to Hezbollah? Is that what you did?" reporter Berkeley Brean asked.

"We didn't send nothing. We didn't send nothing to Hezbollah," Al Huraibi said.

"Why do you think you're getting arrested and in handcuffs?"

"We didn't send nothing to Hezbollah. We didn't deal with any bosses like that," Al Huraibi said again.

But according to the federal complaint, Al Huraibi told an undercover agent he quote "supports the terrorist group Hezbollah."

The government says the money laundering scheme worked out of three corner stores the defendants owned in the city, including Al Huraibi's Mojo Stars on Jefferson Avenue.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Puscheck says the terrorist evidence is going to grand jury."Since 9/11 it's been a priority at the Department of Justice. To attack terrorism at all bases, the financial aspect is seen as a very important aspect and if we can cut the money out we can cut the legs right out from under them," he said.

The case in back in court next Monday.
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Western NY couple arrested for selling fake alien registration, SS cards
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2007-05-06 10:19. U.S. News read more

6 May 2007: Two residents of Dansville, New York were arrested last week for manufacturing and selling counterfeit alien registration cards and social security cards. George DANTZ, 39 and his fiancée, Belkys MARTINEZ, 38 were arrested last Monday at their residence of 15 Washington Street, Dansville, NY after reportedly selling some of the false identification cards to undercover agents from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Dansville, Livingston County, is located off of Interstate 390 about 50 miles south of Rochester, NY.

The couple face three federal charges, including violation of 18 USC Section 1028 manufacturing and selling counterfeit documents, 18 USC Section 1546, manufacturing and selling counterfeit resident alien cards and 45 USC Section 408, manufacturing and selling counterfeit social security cards.

Counterfeit identity documents such as fake alien resident cards and social security cards or passports help illegal aliens, criminals and terrorists evade detection and embed themselves in our society. Document fraud often supports the crime of immigration benefit fraud, such as welfare fraud and workers’ compensation fraud.

Officials from the U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE ) Office of Investigations in Buffalo initiated the investigation following a tip from a confidential source. The couple appeared before a federal magistrate in Buffalo last week. Although DANTZ and MARTINEZ resided in the Dansville area from several years, investigation by the Northeast Intelligence Network found that both subjects have previous connections to the Lawrence, Massachusetts area. The extent of their operation remains under investigation.--
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A Syracuse minister has been accused of making and selling fake green cards and Social Security cards.

Ariel Ruiz, 41, pastor of Nueva Esperanza Iglesia Bautista, was arrested Thursday in Batavia as he delivered nine resident alien cards and nine Social Security cards to an undercover agent, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said. Additional documents were found upon his arrest, agents said.

Ruiz was charged with possessing, manufacturing and selling counterfeit documents to defraud the government.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Brown said Ruiz, known to the undercover operative as "Pastor," told customers to mail photos to be used for the fake identification cards to the church's Syracuse address at 1906 E. Genesee St.

Ruiz was released on bond following an appearance Friday in U.S. District Court and ordered to appear again Tuesday to establish legal counsel. He did not immediately return a telephone message left at the church Friday.

Batavia is a small city south of me, about 25 miles. It surprises me the Rochester paper carried this story.
It is rural around here so I'm assuming (hoping) it's just Mexicans he was providing the document to.

From the news we are getting, most of the hard working illegals who just want a better life and feed their families, are criminals after all.

I alway knew they were criminals, and by the law, I suppose they are felons? Oh well...

here is a pretty good list of data thefts its in the millions and not just the united states alone
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/Datathefts.php