Feds Nab Mexican National for Operating Counterfeit Document Mill
Jim Kouri, CPP
May 11, 2006
A Mexican national appeared in federal court in Utah yesterday morning charged with operating a counterfeit document mill suspected of supplying fraudulent immigration and identity documents throughout the United States.
Following a search at his Ogden, UT residence last Thursday, Sergio Aguilar 35, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an undercover sting that revealed Aguilar creating and selling phony identification documents -- even as agents entered his home.
In addition to Aguilar, three other Mexican nationals with prior criminal convictions were taken into custody at the residence. One of three arrived at the residence as a potential customer, money and photos in hand, as the search was nearing completion.
Aguilar is charged in a three-count complaint with possession of distinctive paper for immigration documents, possession of false immigration documents and possession of false identification documents. Additional charges likely will be added when the case is presented to a federal grand jury next week.
According to the complaint, the three-month ICE probe started when ICE received information from a confidential informant that Aguilar was involved in manufacturing and selling counterfeit permanent resident alien cards, counterfeit Social Security cards, and counterfeit state driver’s licenses.
The complaint alleges that, working with ICE agents, the informant made arrangements on at least two occasions to buy counterfeit permanent resident cards and two counterfeit Social Security cards made.
Please Note: In a previous article, I wrote that Rep. William Jefferson is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. On Rep. Jefferson's website it states he's chairperson of the board of directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. However, this is not mentioned on the CBC's website. Rep. Melvin Watt is listed as chairman of the CBC.
Following a search at his Ogden, UT residence last Thursday, Sergio Aguilar 35, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an undercover sting that revealed Aguilar creating and selling phony identification documents -- even as agents entered his home.
In addition to Aguilar, three other Mexican nationals with prior criminal convictions were taken into custody at the residence. One of three arrived at the residence as a potential customer, money and photos in hand, as the search was nearing completion.
Aguilar is charged in a three-count complaint with possession of distinctive paper for immigration documents, possession of false immigration documents and possession of false identification documents. Additional charges likely will be added when the case is presented to a federal grand jury next week.
According to the complaint, the three-month ICE probe started when ICE received information from a confidential informant that Aguilar was involved in manufacturing and selling counterfeit permanent resident alien cards, counterfeit Social Security cards, and counterfeit state driver’s licenses.
The complaint alleges that, working with ICE agents, the informant made arrangements on at least two occasions to buy counterfeit permanent resident cards and two counterfeit Social Security cards made.
Please Note: In a previous article, I wrote that Rep. William Jefferson is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. On Rep. Jefferson's website it states he's chairperson of the board of directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. However, this is not mentioned on the CBC's website. Rep. Melvin Watt is listed as chairman of the CBC.
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