Immigrant sentenced for fake ID sales
A 52-year-old illegal immigrant will spend 16 months in prison for four counts of document fraud.
By HEATHER WELLS hwells@postregister.com
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been sentenced in federal court for selling phony identification cards in Idaho Falls and Blackfoot.
Ernesto Santillanes-Escoto, 52, will spend 16 months in federal prison for four counts of document fraud.
Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Santillanes-Escoto to be subjected to immigration-removal proceedings once he's released from prison.
A federal grand jury indicted Santillanes-Escoto in July, three months after the Idaho Falls Police Department began investigating him, Sgt. Phil Grimes said.
Shortly thereafter, undercover IFPD detectives and officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought several counterfeit Permanent Resident cards and fake Social Security Administration cards from Santillanes-Escoto.
He also was selling the counterfeit documents to several individuals in the area, who cooperated with authorities, Grimes said.
"We get a lot of fake IDs around here," Grimes said. "We were able to solve this case with a lot of evidence."
Santillanes-Escoto was arrested in September in Southern California and was brought to Idaho to face the charges.
Santillanes-Escoto pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced Friday.
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