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Illegal Alien Man & Father To A Chicago Alderman PLEAS GUILTY TO MAKING FAKE ID'S FOR ILLEGALS & WILL PROBABLY GET DEPORTED BACK TO MEXICO
PHOTO: Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz - 22nd Ward
Alderman's father pleads guilty in fake ID case
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter
The father of Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) pleaded guilty this afternoon to snapping photos used to make up fake IDs for illegal immigrants.
Elias Munoz, 63, of Bloomingdale, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with others to make and sell phony driver’s licenses and other identification out of his photo studio, Nuevo Photo Munoz at 3105 W. 26th Street. Prosecutors say he was part of a $3 million annual fake document operation.
Prosecutors said he operated his business out of the Little Village Discount mall since the early 1990s, often trying to recruit customers by calling out random passersby.
Ald. Munoz has said he is estranged from his father, who has six children ranging in age from 13 to 46. Upon learning of charges against his father last year, Ald. Munoz stated: “Adults need to be held accountable for what they do.”
Munoz’s plea means he is now a convicted felon and will likely be deported after he serves out his sentence, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer said. Munoz, who faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 24.
Munoz was arrested in 2007 as part of a large-scale false document scheme that brought charges against 23 others.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Nasser Weiss said Munoz ran his photo business seven days a week and collected $300 daily in cash on average to provide the photos for phony documents. He ran the scam from 1994 to 2007, she said.
At one point, he told Pallmeyer: “I wasn’t doing anything illegal because all I was doing was taking photos.”
But Munoz admitted he knew the photos were used to make up phony documents.
“It all depended on what the customer wanted,” he said.
Munoz refused to comment while walking out of the building alongside a family member.
But Munoz could be overheard lamenting about his sentencing date. “I have to wait until September?”
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Making fake ID's for illegal aliens to rip off the government, this fake ID ring also was connected to murders and other crimes! Way to go Mr. Alderman! Your old man is just like you... a sneaky thief and crooked asshole!
