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| Task force nabs 225 in phony ID probe |
| 2002-07-12 |
| More than 200 people were arrested in a state crackdown on phony ID dealers, many of them on New York City streets. Gov. George Pataki's Fraudulent Identification Task Force shut down six fake ID mills and seized more than 2,000 forged documents. The coalition of local, state and federal agencies was created in February to target the illegal manufacture, sale and distribution of forged or fraudulently obtained passports, licenses and other ID. Shucks, I was just talking about how those are an integral part of a terror machine, and he we are rounding them up. Good deal! Of the 225 defendants arrested since February, more than 140 already have been convicted. One of those arrested was Hassan G. Eldin, an Egyptian national who stayed in the country illegally after his visa expired. Eldin maintained two identities, obtaining drivers' licenses in California and New York, along with Social Security cards in two different names, and two student pilot licenses. If this wasn't the USA, Hassan would be talking to several very large men with moustaches and truncheons right now, 'cause his deniability is not very plausible at all. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |