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Gang Unit Discovers Document Mill for Illegal Aliens in Sterling
http://www.loudoun.daily-monitor.com/police-discover-document-mill-for-illegal-aliens-in-sterling/3220/
Loudoun County, VA:
A “document mill” which provided hundreds, perhaps thousands of fraudulent IDs to illegal aliens has been shut down by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Gang Intelligence Unit (GIU) following execution of a search warrant in the 700 block of Giles Place in Sugarland. Four Salvadoran nationals were taken into custody.
The search warrant, served late on Friday, January 28th, resulted in the seizure of documents, computers, vehicles and cash. Investigators found evidence of at least five-hundred (500) fraudulent documents, including work visas, driver’s licenses, social security cards, permanent resident cards, work authorization cards and photographs of several hundred likely customers. Investigators also seized several computers used to make the documents, two vehicles and over $2000 in cash. There were enough materials there to make several thousand more documents.
Arrested at the scene were Santos Felipe Abrego-Archila, 37; his brother, Jose Alfredo Abrego-Archila, 35; and Jesus Orellana-Mena, 37. Santos Abrego-Archila and Orellana-Mena were each charged with two counts of manufacturing fraudulent documents. Jose Abrego-Archila was charged with two counts of possession of fraudulent documents. Additional charges are likely.
Investigators, utilizing the 287g program, placed ICE detainers on all three. Santos Abrego-Archila and Orellana-Mena were previously deported. Jose Abrego-Archila had a temporary protective status, which had expired. The three arrestees are being held in the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center without bond. They face a preliminary hearing later this month.
Also arrested at the scene was Ana Mirian Marroquin-Alvardo, 41, who was determined to be in the country illegally. She was not charged in relation to this case, but was detained for an immigration violation. She has since been turned over to ICE officials.
The investigation of document mills is on-going.