SC probe leads to six indictments, dozens detained in immigration crackdown
The probe began in 2024 and led to 48 worker detentions, with prosecutors alleging forged IDs and identity theft tied to illegal hiring.
- On Wednesday, South Carolina authorities raided Burnstein Von Seelen Precision Casting in Abbeville, detaining 48 workers for immigration violations while indicting six individuals, including two managers, in the 'Ghost Story' investigation.
- Initiated in the fall of 2024, the multi-jurisdictional investigation targeted a conspiracy involving document vendors who provided illegal immigrants with forged state driver's licenses and Social Security cards throughout South Carolina.
- Managers Christopher Douglas Ramey and Sandy Lynn Willis face charges including criminal conspiracy and identity fraud after allegedly violating obligations to verify employee identification and facilitating use of forged documents.
- Bond hearings for Ramey and Willis are scheduled for Thursday, June 4, at 10:00 a.m. at the Richland County Courthouse before the Honorable Heath P. Taylor.
- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson stated the operation aims to dismantle criminal networks, noting that illegal document vendors pose serious risks to national security and American workers.
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South Carolina Busts Illegal‑Immigrant Hiring Network; Managers Charged After Factory Raid
A multi‑jurisdictional law‑enforcement surge in South Carolina has blown open an identity‑fraud ring that placed dozens of illegal immigrants in factory jobs. A raid on a factory led to 48 detentions and criminal charges against managers accused of helping keep the operation running. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
A raid in South Carolina ended with 48 immigrant workers arrested and six people accused of alleged documentary fraud and stolen identity
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A two-year investigation into immigrants with fake IDs led federal authorities to detain 48 workers at a South Carolina metal foundry company.
A large-scale operation led by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) along with several agencies of the South Carolina order ended up in the detention of 54 people in a metal mold factory in the rural locality of Abbeville The ICE entry stops more than 50 people in a factory raid in South Carolina was first published on Link Latino NC. ICE detains more than 50 people in a factory raid in South Carolina was first posted on June 4, 202…
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