Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 20

ICE Breaks New Jersey Fraud Doc Ring

NEWARK, N.J. — A year-long investigation into a fraudulent document ring operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has resulted in the arrest of eight individuals, including the ringleader and a former policeman who is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation official.

The investigation by ICE and law enforcement officials in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania dismantled a criminal organization that provided hundreds of Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens and others who sought false identities.

The arrests began at dawn September 27 as teams of ICE agents in Pennsylvania and the Trenton, N.J. area arrested the eight suspects and conducted searches at two locations.

The ringleader, Altagracia "Grace" Rosario, 45, was arrested in Robbinsville, N.J. Rosario's organization provided fraudulent supporting documents which were then used to obtain Pennsylvania driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses. Without the supporting documents provided by Rosario, the individuals would not have been able to obtain the licenses.

Agents also arrested 62-year-old Pennsylvania Department of Transportation official Ronald Henry at his home in Philadelphia. The criminal complaint alleges Henry was paid to falsify records indicating that the individuals had taken both a written and a road test to obtain their licenses. Henry is a former Philadelphia police officer.

Much of the evidence in the case was developed through surveillance and court authorized wiretaps. The wiretaps were placed on telephones at the Rosario and Henry residences.

ICE Newark Special Agent-in-Charge Kyle Hutchins said, "This organization was helping individuals create new identities, and in today's world, that is a serious threat to our national security." Hutchins also pointed out that the individuals who fraudulently obtained commercial driver's licenses were in most cases not properly trained and did not take the road test as required under Pennsylvania law, thereby "creating a significant public safety threat on our highways."

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