Massive alien ID fraud ring in Oregon."Thousands of illegal immigrants illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) have crossed into Oregon to fraudulently obtain driver's licenses, key documents for gaining credit cards, opening bank accounts and boarding airplanes," reported the March 28 Portland Oregonian. Traveling by bus, car and plane, the illegal aliens swarmed to Oregon from Idaho, California, Nevada and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . On arrival, they would receive forged documents, "including completed license applications and, sometimes, completed driving tests. After paying hundreds of dollars for the service, they returned home within days with Oregon driver's licenses in hand." At the center of the ring, allegedly, were three brothers--Miguel, Sergio and Fabio Robleto--who ran driving schools as state contractors. Also implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. were James Cattanach, who ran a driver's testing company, and Veronica Trejo-Jasso, who confessed to producing forged personal mail. The counterfeit mail, observes the Oregonian, was the key to the entire operation, since it was used by illegals to satisfy state residency requirements. While the Robletos "catered to Latino customers," another central figure in the ring dealt primarily with Chinese nationals. Canadian citizen Maxim Lam recruited customers for the Oregon bogus ID ring through the Far East Driving School in New York. Lam "helped five to 10 people a week get Oregon licenses with counterfeit documents," reports the paper. Lam charged as much as $500 to pick up Chinese nationals at the Portland airport Portland Airport may refer to:
Incredible as it may seem, Oregon still accepts Mexico's matricula consular card, a non-secure form of identification issued by Mexican consulates without regard to the immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. status of the recipient. The Oregonian paraphrased state DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles administrator Lorna Youngs as saying: "if the agency stopped accepting consular identification many illegal immigrants would be excluded from getting licenses, a move she said would require action by the Legislature." |
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