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Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 17

ICE Nabs 119 Illegal Aliens in Arkansas Identity Theft Case

Photo of ICE agent leading man from poultry plant.

An ICE agent leads one of 119 illegal aliens arrested at an Arkansas poultry plant following an investigation into identity theft.

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — ICE special agents arrested 119 illegal aliens July 26 at an Arkansas poultry plant in an identity theft investigation.

Those arrested were working for Petit Jean Poultry, Inc., in Arkadelphia, Ark., using actual identities of United States citizens. Agents from the ICE Texarkana Office were joined by 30 agents from other ICE offices.

The ICE New Orleans Office of Investigations conducted an employee audit, and special agents from the Little Rock (Ark.) Office of the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General assisted in the operation.

The operation stemmed from an ICE investigation that culminated in the December 2004 arrest of a former Petit Jean employee. The employee, Maria Moreno of Arkadelphia, Ark., pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to multiple counts of a federal indictment charging that she unlawfully sold identity documents and social security cards. Approximately $60,000 in cash was seized from Moreno.

The arrested aliens were turned over to ICE Detention and Removal Operations. Fraudulently used Social Security numbers will be provided to the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service.

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