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ID fraud a growing criminal enterprise in Hall County
Law enforcement tracks identity thieves one phone call at a time
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Some people make their living off of selling counterfeit identification documents, said Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad task force officer John Higginbotham. “I’ve worked some cases that went right back to cartels, (from) the information given to me. Just like any illicit business, they don’t stick to one thing to make money,” he said. “They can make money off drugs. They can make money off documents. ... They make money everywhere they can make it.”