A Quebec man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for smuggling counterfeit Canadian identity documents produced in China, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.
Jonghun Lee, 41, pleaded guilty on Nov. 18 at the Laval courthouse to attempting to import 509 counterfeit Canadian permanent resident cards and 506 fake Alberta driver’s licences, according to a Dec. 3 CBSA press release. Lee was also convicted of forging Canadian citizenship cards, Canadian permanent resident cards, work permits, and driver’s licences from various Canadian provinces.
CBSA launched an investigation following the interception of a courier parcel from China at the Mirabel office on Jan. 14, 2022. A search warrant was later executed at Lee’s residence, where officers seized completed and unfinished fake documents, document manufacturing equipment, a computer, cell phones, money printing presses, and nearly $140,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency.
“The Canada Border Services Agency is actively working to counter fraud and identity theft to maintain the integrity of official documents issued by Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial authorities,” CBSA said in the press release,…
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