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DPS found more than 60 fake identification cards in the home.
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DPS: Suspects Made 60+ Fake IDs

POSTED: 10:09 am MST June 18, 2009
UPDATED: 10:48 am MST June 18, 2009

A two-week investigation led to the arrest of two people and the seizure of more than 60 fraudulent identification cards, authorities said.

According to a news release from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Arizona Fraudulent Identification Task Force served a search warrant at a Glendale home Tuesday and discovered a woman making fake ID cards inside.

AFIT agents forced entry into the home when she refused to open the door, and they found forgery equipment inside, DPS said.

Agents seized a laptop computer, a printer/scanner, ID card printers, more than 500 pieces of blank laminate, 200 sheets of card stock used for Social Security cards and $400 in cash, as well as false ID cards for Arizona, Tennessee, California and foreign governments, DPS said.

Three young children found inside were released to the custody of a family member, DPS said.

Glendale resident Maria Orozco-Aguirre, 29, was arrested on charges of manufacturing fraudulent identification, taking the identity of another, conducting a criminal enterprise, forgery, trafficking in stolen identity and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, DPS said.

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