{"id":1234918,"date":"2022-01-24T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1234918"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:54:08","slug":"over-1000-fake-american-drivers-licenses-from-hong-kong-seized-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-1000-fake-american-drivers-licenses-from-hong-kong-seized-in-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 Fake American Driver\u2019s Licenses From Hong Kong Seized In Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-1000-fake-american-drivers-licenses-from-hong-kong-seized-in-indiana%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1234918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than 1,000 counterfeit driver\u2019s licenses in Indianapolis, Indiana, that had been smuggled over from Hong Kong in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week Indianapolis CBP detained three shipments that were arriving from Hong Kong,\u201d the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/indianapolis-cbp-intercepts-1207-counterfeit-driver-s-licenses\">announced<\/a> on Friday. \u201cThe first shipment was heading to an address in Chicago and the other two shipments were heading to addresses in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For shipping purposes, the containers were falsely labeled \u201cGame Card\u201d in three shipments containing 1,207 fake licenses. The shippers alleged that the value of the cards was $20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the shipments had 358 fake licenses, another had 482, and a third had 367.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraudulent driver\u2019s licenses, which can be used for criminal activity or fraud, continue to be found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Express Consignment Operations hub across the nation,\u201d CBP explained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Driver\u2019s licenses from more than 20 states were found, with some using the same photo, but different names. Several of the states represented were Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, North Carolina, Michigan, South Carolina, Ohio, and California.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, many of the fraudulent driver\u2019s licenses seemed to be for college-age adults. Chief CBP Officer Tim Hubbard warned that fake licenses could be used for \u201ccriminal enterprises,\u201d including immigration fraud and identity theft, as well as for those under 21 to illegally purchase alcohol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounterfeit drivers licenses have historically been used by those under 21 years of age for the illegal consumption of alcohol, but fake IDs have also been used in criminal enterprises, such as identity theft cases and immigration fraud,\u201d he said. \u201cCustoms and Border Protection officers will continue to be vigilance during enforcement operations, and we remain committed to the safety and security of our nation.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/cincinnati-cbp-stops-thousands-fake-ids-leaving-us\">month<\/a>, CBP in Cincinnati, Ohio, stopped thousands of fake identifications from being shipped out of the country. In an operation ranging from early December to January 10, 2022, officers seized more than 2,000 international driver\u2019s licenses and paired booklets that were fraudulent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese counterfeit documents can lead to disastrous consequences,\u201d said LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, Director, Field Operations-Chicago. \u201cCriminal organizations use these counterfeits to avoid attracting attention to their illegal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Port Director Richard Gillespie noted that often fake identification documents were used for human trafficking, identify theft, and to make money for organized crime. These fake identifications originated in New York and Florida.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Sutton-Burke, fake identification is also often used by those connected to terrorism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the major concerns as it relates to fraudulent identity documents is identity theft, worksite enforcement, critical infrastructure protection, fraud linked to immigration-related crimes such as human smuggling and human trafficking, and these documents can be used by those individuals associated with terrorism to minimize scrutiny from travel screening measures,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Operations cracking down on fraudulent identification involves coordination between Homeland Security and a special CBP unit dedicated to analyzing documentation.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than 1,000 counterfeit driver\u2019s licenses in Indianapolis, Indiana, that had been smuggled over from Hong Kong in recent weeks. \u201cLast week Indianapolis CBP detained three shipments that were arriving from Hong Kong,\u201d the agency announced on Friday. \u201cThe first shipment was heading to an address in Chicago and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1234918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}