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CRIM INAL COM PLAINT

1,thecomplainantinthiscase,shtethatthefolowingistruetothebestofmyknowledgeandbclief.

Onoraboutthedatets)of Julv28,2022 -- inthecountyof Broward inthe

Southern Diskictof Florida ,thedefendantts)violated:

CodeSection OA n/cDescrlption

Title 18,UnitedStatesCode, DocumentFraud

Section1546(a)

Thiscriminalcomplaintisb% edonlesefacts:

SEEATTACHCDAFFIDAVIT.

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Cityandstate: FodLauderdale.Florida PATRICKM,HUNT,U.S.MAGISTRATEJU.D- G-E

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AFFIDAW T IN SUPPORT OF CRIM INAL COM PLM NT

1,AndreFereira,beingdulysworn,herebydeposeandstateasfollows:

l am a Deportation Officer with United States lmmigration and Customs

Enforcement(1CE)and havebeen so employed forapproximately thirteen (13)years.lam

responsibleforconductinginvestigationsofimluigration1aw andrelatedfederalcrim inalstatutes

ascontainedintheUnitedStatesCodes.

The statements contained in this affidavitare based upon my own personal

knowledge,aswellasinformationprovidedtomebyotherlaw enforcementofficers.1havenot

included in this affidavitevery factand circumstance known to m e,butonly the facts and

circumstancestoestablishprobablecauseinsupportofacriminalcomplaint.

LuisLeninALVAREZ CONTREM S(ALVAREZCONTRERAS)isacitizenof

Honduras.

OnoraboutDecember8,2021,ALVAREZ CONTRERASwasconvictedofillegal

reentryafterdeportationandsentencedtocreditfortimeservedandoneyearofsupervisedrelease

(21-20574-CR-Cooke).

Afterhisreleaseinthecrim inalcase,hewasplacedonanOrderofSupervisiondue

tolackofbedspaceintheDetentionfacility.An OrderofSupelwision isfonn ofreleasesimilar

toprobationandisusedinlieuofdetentionofalienswithûnalordersofremoval.

On oraboutJuly 28,2022,ALVAREZ CONTRERAS arrived athisscheduled

OrderofSupervisionappointment.

During the appointment, ALVAREZ CONTRERAS presented his Honduran

passport,federalprobationcard,andhomelessshelteridentificationtoan1CE offcer.W henasked

forhisorderofsupervision form,orany otherdocumentsbearinghisaliennumber,ALVAREZ

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CONTRERAS provided severalenvelopesand loosepapers.Among those items,lCE officers

located a fraudulentpenuanentresidentcard (1-551)containing ALVAREZ CONTRERAS'

picture,name,dateofbirth,andcountryofbirthbutbearinganaliennumberregisteredtoam ale

from Singapore.

ALVAREZ CONTM RAS was read hisM iranda rights,which he waived in

writing,andagreedtoansweral1questionsinreferencetohisimmigrationstatusandthefraudulent

cardfoundinhispossession.A swornstateluentwastakenandrecordedinwritingonform 1-877.

ALVAREZ CONTRERA.Sstatedthathepaid$80forthefraudulentcardandthatheusesitto

obtainwork.

9. ThereisnorecordretlectingthatALVAREZ CONTRERASappliedfororreceived

aLegalPermanentResidentCardintheUnitedStates.

10. W HEREFORE,based upon the f/regoing,your Affiantsubmits thatthere is

probablecauseto believethatonoraboutJuly 28,2022,LuisLeninALVAREZ CONTRERAS

didknowinglypossessadocumentprescribedbystatuteandregulationasevidenceofauthorized

stay intheUnitedStates,thatis,aLegalPermanentResidentCard,indicatingthatthedefendant

wasalawfulpermanentresidentoftheUnited States,whichthedefendantknew to beforged,

counterfeited,altered,and falsely made,in violation ofTitle 18,United States Code,Section

1546(a).

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FURTHER YOUR AFFIANTSAYETHN UG

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Deportation fficer

lmmigration ndCustomsEnforcement

Swonztoandsubscribedbeforemein

ATccordancewithkd.R.Crim.P.4.1by

elpphonethisVU-da'yofAugust,2022

PATRICKM.JJUNT

UNITED STATVSMAGISTM TEJUDGE

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