Idaho-based illegal jailed over ID fraud
May 11, 2009
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been sentenced in federal court for selling phony identification cards in Idaho Falls and Blackfoot.
Ernesto Santillanes-Escoto, 52, will spend 16 months in federal prison for four counts of document fraud.
Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Santillanes-Escoto to be subjected to immigration-removal proceedings once he's released from prison.
The Idaho Falls Post Register
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