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N.M. Police Bust Forged-Check, Fake-Identity Racket

KRQE News (New Mexico)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque police have uncovered what they say is an elaborate forged-check and fake-identity factory inside a home.

According to court records, a confidential informant told police the suspects were cashing between four-thousand and six-thousand dollars a day in bad checks at casinos and other locations in the Albuquerque area.

The case started during a traffic stop earlier this month when the driver admitted having a fake driver’s license and fake check. He eventually led police to the home where officers found computers, printers and other equipment used to make checks and I-Ds.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shenina Marie Seonia is facing charges, including forgery and conspiracy.

Police are looking for man they describe as her accomplice.