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Arrests In Document Fraud Case: Hundreds of Birth Certificates, Social Security Numbers Sold
Birther Report
1/11/2012
Excerpt:
"A followup to a report published here in 2010. Don't worry though there is no way Obama could have obtained identity documents fraudulently. It just doesn't happen in the U.S.A. and if Obama was using bogus documents the media would report it. Right?"
Arrests in Puerto Rico, US in document fraud case
Danica Coto @ Associated Press
1/11/2012
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Fifty people have been accused of conspiring to sell the identities of hundreds of Puerto Ricans to illegal immigrants on the U.S. mainland in the largest single fraud case ever for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said Wednesday.
Hundreds of birth certificates, Social Security numbers and driver's licenses were sold for up to $2,500 a set as part of a black market ring based in Puerto Rico that operated from since at least April 2009, according to ICE Director John Morton.
"The vast majority were legitimate documents obtained by fraudulent or false means," he said.
The alleged ring consisted of suppliers, runners and brokers, who made coded phone calls asking for "skirts" for female customers and "pants" for male customers in specific "sizes", which referred to ages and identities sought, according to ICE.
The documents would be sent through priority or express mail from Puerto Rico to brokers that operated in at least 15 states including Ohio, Texas, Florida and North Carolina, officials said.
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said suppliers even allegedly offered to exchange documents if customers were not satisfied, adding that he did not know how much money was made overall.
He said the investigation is still ongoing."
View the article on Birther Report at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...raud-case.html
View the complete original AP article at:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/1...-document.html
Birther Report
1/11/2012
Excerpt:
"A followup to a report published here in 2010. Don't worry though there is no way Obama could have obtained identity documents fraudulently. It just doesn't happen in the U.S.A. and if Obama was using bogus documents the media would report it. Right?"
Arrests in Puerto Rico, US in document fraud case
Danica Coto @ Associated Press
1/11/2012
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Fifty people have been accused of conspiring to sell the identities of hundreds of Puerto Ricans to illegal immigrants on the U.S. mainland in the largest single fraud case ever for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said Wednesday.
Hundreds of birth certificates, Social Security numbers and driver's licenses were sold for up to $2,500 a set as part of a black market ring based in Puerto Rico that operated from since at least April 2009, according to ICE Director John Morton.
"The vast majority were legitimate documents obtained by fraudulent or false means," he said.
The alleged ring consisted of suppliers, runners and brokers, who made coded phone calls asking for "skirts" for female customers and "pants" for male customers in specific "sizes", which referred to ages and identities sought, according to ICE.
The documents would be sent through priority or express mail from Puerto Rico to brokers that operated in at least 15 states including Ohio, Texas, Florida and North Carolina, officials said.
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said suppliers even allegedly offered to exchange documents if customers were not satisfied, adding that he did not know how much money was made overall.
He said the investigation is still ongoing."
View the article on Birther Report at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...raud-case.html
View the complete original AP article at:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/1...-document.html