January 11, 2007
TEXAS: 53 illegal aliens indicted on identify theft at Swift plant in Cactus

Associated Press

AMARILLO, Texas -- Texas Prosecutors say 53 now-former employees at a Swift meat processing plant in Cactus have been indicted in an I-D theft investigation.
A federal grand jury in Amarillo returned indictments of aggravated identity theft and related charges.

Agents in mid-December raided six Swift plants nationwide.

Prosecutors say all 295 people arrested at the Cactus plant had assumed the I-D's of U-S citizens.

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Posted by tyne at January 11, 2007
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