Eleven Illegal Aliens Charged for Falsely Claiming to be United States Citizens and Document Fraud

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Between September 10 and 22, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the United States Marshals Service (USMS) arrested 11 illegal aliens charged by criminal complaint for Possession of Identification Document to Defraud the United States, Possession of Identification Document Produced Without Lawful Authority, and False Attestation for Employment Eligibility Verification, all felony offenses.

Each illegal alien who was charged possessed and used a counterfeit state identification card or driver's license, as well as a counterfeit Social Security card, to obtain employment at a business in Arizona. The illegal aliens also falsely attested on Form I-9 to being United States citizens or to being otherwise authorized to work in the United States, when in fact none of them were United States citizens or authorized to work in the United States.

These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

HSI, District of Arizona, Phoenix Field Office, is conducting the investigation in these cases. The USMS in the District of Arizona and the USMS and HSI in the Western District of Tennessee assisted in the arrest of individuals involved in these cases. The United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, Phoenix, is handling the prosecution.

A criminal complaint is a formal accusation of criminal conduct. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

CASE NUMBERS: 25-01879MJ, 25-01881MJ, 25-01882MJ, 25-01883MJ, 25-01884MJ, 25-01885MJ, 25-01886MJ,
25-01887MJ, 25-01888MJ, 25-05419MJ, 25- 08483MJ

RELEASE NUMBER: 2025-155_Illegal Alien Document Fraud

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