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Sheriff decries burdens of illegal immigration
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January 13, 2010
By FRANK ABDERHOLDEN <!-- e --><a href="mailto:fabderholden@scn1.com">fabderholden@scn1.com</a><!-- e -->
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said illegal immigration is affecting society in a number of ways, and cited three cases at a media roundtable discussion Tuesday involving identity theft and rape.
"This is a reoccurring theme with illegal immigration," he said. "There are devastating consequences to society."
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In the first case, a Lake Villa man reported that he had been notified by the Internal Revenue Service in December that he owed $100,000 for wages earned over the past four years at a factory in Carpentersville.
The man had no idea what they were talking about and called the sheriff's office. Investigators determined that Sergio Alejandro Uscanga, 26, of Franklin Park had purchased the man's Social Security number and birth date so he could work.
"He admitted to purchasing the identity," Curran said.
Curran's officers deal with two to three identity theft cases per week.
"We continue to bring these cases to court," he said, adding that he feels for the victim who now has to get his credit record straightened out and resolve problems with the IRS.
The second and third cases he cited involved predatory criminal sexual assault. In both cases, the suspects are believed to have fled back to Mexico. Warrants were issued for Jose Alfredo Santiso, 56, of Mundelein and Miguel Rosales, 22, of Waukegan.
Santiso allegedly abused a boy in Mundelein in 2003 and 2004 when the victim was 9 and 10 years old. Santiso was a friend of the family.
Rosales allegedly assaulted a 10-year-old girl five times in Highwood in 2009.
Sheriff decries burdens of illegal immigration
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January 13, 2010
By FRANK ABDERHOLDEN <!-- e --><a href="mailto:fabderholden@scn1.com">fabderholden@scn1.com</a><!-- e -->
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said illegal immigration is affecting society in a number of ways, and cited three cases at a media roundtable discussion Tuesday involving identity theft and rape.
"This is a reoccurring theme with illegal immigration," he said. "There are devastating consequences to society."
» Click to enlarge image
Uscanga
In the first case, a Lake Villa man reported that he had been notified by the Internal Revenue Service in December that he owed $100,000 for wages earned over the past four years at a factory in Carpentersville.
The man had no idea what they were talking about and called the sheriff's office. Investigators determined that Sergio Alejandro Uscanga, 26, of Franklin Park had purchased the man's Social Security number and birth date so he could work.
"He admitted to purchasing the identity," Curran said.
Curran's officers deal with two to three identity theft cases per week.
"We continue to bring these cases to court," he said, adding that he feels for the victim who now has to get his credit record straightened out and resolve problems with the IRS.
The second and third cases he cited involved predatory criminal sexual assault. In both cases, the suspects are believed to have fled back to Mexico. Warrants were issued for Jose Alfredo Santiso, 56, of Mundelein and Miguel Rosales, 22, of Waukegan.
Santiso allegedly abused a boy in Mundelein in 2003 and 2004 when the victim was 9 and 10 years old. Santiso was a friend of the family.
Rosales allegedly assaulted a 10-year-old girl five times in Highwood in 2009.