Campos-Martinez
Convicted in Providing Fake Mexico Drivers Licenses and Other
Fraudulent Documents to Illegal Aliens in the
U.S.
CHICAGO,
Ill (ICE) — A Mt. Prospect man who was a courier for a counterfeit
document operation that provided fake identity documents to illegal
aliens has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Juan Campos-Martinez,
a 35-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 15 months
in prison Dec. 21 for providing fake Social Security cards, Resident
Alien cards – also called “green cards” – and
Mexico drivers licenses to illegal aliens.
ICE special
agents assisted the Des Plaines, Ill., Police Department in the
execution of two state search warrants. A search of Campos-Martinez’s
residence revealed numerous counterfeit documents hidden inside
the oven, a laminator and more than $400 in cash. Campos-Martinez
was arrested on the scene.
During a search
at the home of Gustavo and Andrea Rios in Streamwood, Ill., ICE
agents and Des Plaines police found computer equipment used to
produce counterfeit documents, including three computers, a laminator,
printers, scanners, photographic paper, logos and blank sheets
of Social Security cards and green cards. In addition, approximately
$35,000 was seized from various locations in the home. The subsequent
investigation by ICE revealed that Campos-Martinez worked as a
courier for Gustavo Rios.
“ICE
has zero tolerance for anyone making, selling, providing or using
fraudulent documents," said ICE Special Agent-in-Charge Elissa
A. Brown, who leads investigations in the Chicago region. "As
the 9/11 Commission pointed out, fraudulent documents are primary
tools of terrorists and criminals. The criminals who make and
sell fraudulent documents will sell them to anyone, whether that
person is an illegal alien, a violent criminal or a terrorist.
They do not care who the client is as long as they make a profit."