11 sentenced for counterfeit documents

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The last person involved in a large fraudulent document-trafficking ring has been sentenced.

Jacinto Morales-Martinez, 48, was sentenced to serve 60 months in a federal prison for leading the family-organized document-trafficking ring.

In June 2012, Homeland Security Investigations agents, working with other agencies, arrested 11 people, including at least six members of one family, who allegedly sold fraudulent Green Cards and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants for years all over West Michigan.

Morales-Martinez was also sentenced to a 60-month sentence for returning to the US after deportation for an aggravated felony. The sentences will be served concurrently.

The 10 other people involved in the scheme --

• Juan Jose Morales-Martinez, 34, was sentenced to 46 months in a federal prison
• Ricardo Uriel Morales-Jimenez, 21, was sentenced to 15 months
• Rodolfo Esquivel, 61, was sentenced to one year
• Ledin Over Ovalle-Perez, 29, was sentenced to 12 months
• Luis Alberto Morales-Jimenez, 23, was sentenced to 10 months
• Jacinto Jonathan Morales-Mendoza, 19, was sentenced to 10 months
• Maria De La Luz Mendoza-Martinez, 43, was sentenced to eight months
• Giovanni Sanabria-Morales, 29, was sentenced to eight months
• Amparo Mercado, 36, was sentenced to eight months
• Hugo Alexis Morales-Jimenez, 22, was sentenced to six months