Posted on August 28, 2008
Stolen IDs found in raid, Feds say
Union members said they resented immigrants, whom they said were often allowed to work as much as 40 hours of overtime a week when other workers were discouraged from doing so
HATTIESBURG — Eight detainees from Monday’s immigration raid on Howard Industries in Laurel used stolen identities, including one of a dead person, to gain employment, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The eight appeared in U.S. District Court for a preliminary and detention hearing.
Prosecutors displayed as proof fraudulent resident alien cards, Social Security cards along with Howard Industries employment verification forms.
U.S. Magistrate Mike Parker ordered all held without bond because they could “assume another identity (and) easily flee.”
If convicted of aggravated identity theft, each could face up to two years in prison or a $250,000 fine or both.
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Stolen IDs found in raid, Feds say
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