A man from Quebec has been convicted to over 2 months or 30 months in prison. As per Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) the sentence was given on Monday for trying to smuggle more than 1,000 counterfeit identification cards. These cards included Canadian resident cards and Alberta driver’s license. A 38-year-old man, Jonghun Lee, confessed to smuggling and forging counterfeit identification cards on November 18 at the courthouse in Laval. This was after a parcel from China was intercepted at the border officers from China in January 2022.
As per CBSA, Jonghun Lee tried to import the package containing 509 blank counterfeit permanent resident cards and about 506 blank counterfeit Alberta driver’s licenses. A search was conducted at Jonghun Lee’s home weeks later where the CBSA found a collection of document-forging equipment, some incomplete fake IDs, and almost up to $140,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency. As per CBSA, along with the cash they also seized counterfeit money printing presses, computers, and cellphones.
As per Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, “Our government is determined to counter fraud and identity theft and bring to justice those who engage in it,” Appreciating the CBSA officers, he said, “to the CBSA officers involved in this investigation — thank you. Your efforts are instrumental to protecting the integrity of our immigration system.”
The statement by CBSA stated that all the document-forging equipment, forged documents, and the money printing presses are going to be destroyed.
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