[라디오코리아] 입력 06/29/2012 11:57:58

A Korean Fraud Ring Arrested

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A massive Korean fraud ring has been arrested on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain driver's licenses from undocumented individuals.
 
The Korean ring has received relevant documents from employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) and made fake documents with computers.....
 
 
A Korean fraud ring was charged with driver's licenses fraud nationwide.
 
According to the investigations conducted by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI, 22 people have been charged with providing driver's licenses with creating the counterfeit documents in six states including California, New Jersey, New York, Nevada and Virginia as well as Georgia. 
 
Young Kyu Park, 56, in L.A., other 20 Koreans and two employees of USCIS, seventeen people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in driver's license fraud and five are wanted by police for fraud.
 
According to the bill of indictment, Young Kyu Park has received the I-797 forms from two employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services warehouse in Montclair, California. 
 
He made fake documents which was filled the original forms out with information of Korean illegal immigrants from South Korea.
 
And the Park ring helped illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses through the counterfeit documents and provide fake student visas, utility bills and bank statements.
 
Customers allegedly paid fees of $3,000 to $4,500 for the service which creates counterfeit documents for illegal immigrants.
 
According to the authorities, the ring has attracted illegal immigrants who need driver's licenses posting advertisements on Korean Newspapers or websites under the title of 'New Jersey Driver's License' and have helped to issue as many as 700 driver's licenses.
The investigation revealed that Park's 56-years-old wife, Soon Young Park, and Hanna Park, 29, laundered the money.
 
If Park is found guilty, he will be sentenced to 40 years in prison and received a $250,000 fine.
 
Young Kyu Park, who is well known as Oscar Park in L.A. Korean Community, has operated Essence Education and BCI Academy which are located on Wilshire Boulevard in L.A. Koreatown. 
 
 

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