Task Force Busts Massive Fake ID Mill; Products 'Incredibly Realistic'

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A high-tech fake identification mill in Utah has been dismantled by a special team of the Utah Attorney General's office.

Agents of the SECURE Strike Force seized equipment used to make a wide variety of identity cards from different states and countries. They confiscated computers, printers, laminating machine, cutters and high quality blank printing stock from the operation's headquarters in Layton, about 25 miles from Salt Lake City.

Mexican consular identification cards, drivers' licenses from Utah and other states, Social Security cards and electrician licenses also were seized. Fake IDs can be used for anything from getting served alcohol in a bar to identity theft and terrorism.

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