A Mexican national couple sentenced for making and selling thousands of counterfeit identifications to clients throughout the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Karina Garcia-Salazar, 47, for conspiracy to transfer identification documents and conspiracy to possess with intent to use or transfer five or more Documents.
Garcia-Salazar’s co-defendant, Jorge Augusto Prieto-Gamboa, 41, was sentenced in December 2025 for conspiracy to possess five or more documents with the intent to transfer. Judge Hill ordered Prieto-Gamboa to serve 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
From August 2020 through their arrest in February 2025, Garcia-Salazar and Prieto-Gamboa worked together to create thousands of fake immigration documents. Court records show that the defendants sold the fake documents in several controlled buys orchestrated by agents. During those buys, agents confirmed that Garcia-Salazar and Prieto-Gamboa were working together to sell identification cards and Social Security cards.
A search warrant was served on their home in Tulsa.
During that search, agents found at least 67 fake completed documents and seized several electronic devices for further search. After searching their devices, agents found more than 2,000 different identification documents, including Social Security cards, lawful permanent resident cards, state driver’s licenses and ID cards, foreign ID cards, and passports.
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