Fake Document Ring Broken

Just blocks from the State Department and the White House. Generating these fake documents is a huge business, and this is a blow to illegal immigrants and would-be terrorists who need documentation to operate in the states.

From WMAL here:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal agents have arrested eight illegal immigrants who they say were part of a fake document ring operating out of Adams Morgan.

Agents say they seized 14,000 dollars and more than 100 fake documents Tuesday, including green cards, Social Security cards and employment authorization cards.

The ring is thought to be linked to an international organization run by the Castorena-Ibarra family, whose kingpin was captured in Mexico this week. Authorities say Tuesday’s raid was part of Operation Card Shark, an immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative that began in 2002.

The investigation has dismantled three other counterfeit documents rings and arrested 195 people in Adams Morgan.

This is good work by the ICE guys. More on the ringleader can be found here.