GEORGIA - MANAGERS ABETTING ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS

ICE: McDonald's Managers Sold Stolen IDs

• Submitted by Asst Natl Dir Mellie B on April 14, 2011 at Patriot Action Network
  Published : Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 6:03 PM MDT

(NewsCore) - Two McDonald's Corp. restaurant managers in Savannah, Ga., were charged Wednesday with selling identities stolen from US citizens to prospective workers -- a case that federal authorities said shows the risks employers are increasingly taking to mask the hiring of illegal immigrants.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Wednesday that agents executed search warrants at two McDonald's outlets and the headquarters of McDonald's-NTG Enterprises, where they seized employee records and other evidence. The Savannah-based company owns and operates six McDonald's restaurants in the area.
Agents arrested managers Oscar Lazo, 51, a Peruvian national, and Eva Ramos, 35, a US citizen, as well as nine immigrants at the restaurants around noon Wednesday. They also arrested two Mexican nationals, former employees of McDonald's in the area at their homes, as well as a fifth defendant, for whom ICE did not release any information

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