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Thread ID: 11072 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-11-14
2003-11-14 09:16 | User Profile
MIAMI -- A Department of Homeland Security employee was arrested on charges of selling work documents to illegal aliens for as much as $12,000, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
Isidro Guerrero Fernandez, who worked at the Citizenship and Immigration Service Building in Miami, was charged with conspiring to transfer identification documents, unlawfully obtaining the documents and soliciting and accepting bribes while being a public official.
Guerrero had a first court appearance Thursday before a magistrate judge.
Since December 2002, Guerrero conspired to sell fraudulent Employment Authorization Documents to illegal aliens for prices ranging from $6,500 to $12,000, according to the criminal complaint.
Illegal aliens met with an associate of Guerrero's at a restaurant and paid a portion of the fee, according to the complaint. Then they were taken to the Citizenship and Immigration Service Building where Guerrero met them and took them to the second floor, where they were processed for EAD cards.
There was no phone listing for Guerrero in Miami. The U.S. Attorney's Office did not immediately return a phone message left after hours seeking attorney information for Guerrero.
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