It took me just an hour and a half to get a fake ID in New York City’s ground zero for the fraudulent document business — Roosevelt Ave. in Queens.
The Jackson Heights neighborhood is the epicenter of fake paper mills — rackets that fuel teenage drinking and identity theft and also create fake green cards and passports that can pose a serious security threat.
At first I was laughed at for looking like a cop. But when I swapped my leather jacket for a red hoodie, a guy carrying boxes was quick to call a friend who could help me out.
“You need a fake ID?” the man asked. While several cops roamed the gritty avenue, he led me into an electronics store to get my picture taken for $10.
I wrote down my information on a piece of paper, and then he told me the phony card would be ready in an hour. He took $100 from me and slipped away.
After 90 minutes, I was led into a narrow staircase in a seedy storefront where we made the exchange — my new fake ID in return for another $50.
I didn’t get a new high-tech driver’s license — those are much harder to reproduce — but the market for current licenses, which are still valid if they are issued before September 2013, is skyrocketing.
Law enforcement officials are worried that legislation in the City Council to create municipal ID cards for the undocumented would allow for more shady transactions to take place.
7 comments:
Are you reading this Danny Dromm, you dope? Terrorists easily getting ID's. You're going to get us all killed because you can't bear to see an illegal immigrant parent being denied entrance to a public school? Pass out the Kleenex please. Dromm, you are a Grade A, stamped with purple grape juice ink, USDA certified, bona fide dope.
I agree with George! This whole city is sad. We need more deporting and less sympathy for these illegals. I have no problem with the USA government using my tax dollars to deport the whole illegal family, but I do have a problem when an illegal can have the same quality of life that I have as a citizen in my own country on my tax dollar!
And this is why there are so many shit drivers in Flushing. You know that the bulk of these people never took a lesson and could never pass a written or road test.
It's common practice for people to flee accidents on foot.
The FEDS should shut this shit down - and deport these people.
There are too many people in NYC!!!!! Send them home!
So how many of these illegals have contageous diseases like TB?
If they try to apply to immigrate legally, they would first have to get a clean bill of health from designaged doctors.
And this is why there are so many shit drivers in Flushing. You know that the bulk of these people never took a lesson and could never pass a written or road test.
The real problem is the bulk of these people HAVE passed the written and road test.
illegal documents for the undocumented! What a country!
It’s crazy how to this day 4 years after this was posted Roosevelt Avenue is very active during the day and night time!!! Especially in the wood side/ Jackson Heights area...it’s easy to get any type of document, there’s even fake money!
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