Fake ID Ring Busted

According to the AP, a group of five was arrested by customs agents for stealing social security numbers in order to make fake IDs somewhere in suburban Miami. They were members of a Homestead-based ring, and sold not just one, not just two, but 56 forged documents to undercover agents. Seems...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

December 12, 2008

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According to the AP, a group of five was arrested by customs agents for stealing social security numbers in order to make fake IDs somewhere in suburban Miami. They were members of a Homestead-based ring, and sold not just one, not just two, but 56 forged documents to undercover agents.

Seems like the ring was focused on producing IDs for undocumented workers, but if UM frosh were part of their business, expect alcohol sales in the Grove on Thursday night to severely drop.

-- Kyle Munzenrieder

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