Homeland Security raided as many as 15 7-Eleven shops 8 of 9 Defendants Muslim in Multi-State Illegal Alien, ID Fraud Ring Praise Allah

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June 17, 2013, - 5:36 pm

Thank allah for 7-Eleven: 8 of 9 Defendants Muslim in Multi-State Illegal Alien, ID Fraud Ring @ Slurpee Store

By Debbie Schlussel

You may have heard about the raids, today, on 7-Eleven stores in several states across America, where the owners of the Slurpee purveyors ran a giant illegal alien and ID fraud ring and were indicted for it. What the mainstream media doesn’t tell you, though, is thatalmost ALL of the Defendants involved in the ring are Pakistani Muslims (all of them but one). And almost all of them became naturalized citizens. A couple of them are illegal alien Muslims. Their illegal alien workers are Muslims from Pakistan, too. Many of them qualify for a “path to citizenship” under Senator Marco Rubio’s and his fellow Senate Gangbangers of Eight’s immigration amnesty bill. Alhamdillullah [praise allah]. As you read this, recall that on Friday, Jeb Bush told us that “immigrants are more fertile.” Um, yeah, Jeb, that’s exactly what we’re afraid of.

Shukran [Thanks], America & 7-Eleven, for Letting Me Screw Your Infidel Country

Here are the names of the perpetrators, their countries of origin, and their immigration status – I added their country of origin, which is not in the original Justice Department press release:

FARRUKH BAIG
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 57
Head of Harbor, New York
Country of Origin: Pakistan

BUSHRA BAIG
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 49
Head of Harbor, New York
Country of Origin: Pakistan

MALIK YOUSAF
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 51
South Setauket, New York
Country of Origin: Pakistan

ZAHID BAIG
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 52
Chesapeake, Virginia
Country of Origin: Pakistan

SHANNAWAZ BAIG
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 62
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Country of Origin: Pakistan

TARIQ RANA
Citizenship: Pakistan
Age: 34
Chesapeake, Virginia

RAMON NANAS
Citizenship: Republic of the Philippines
Age: 49
Great River, New York

AZHAR ZIA
Citizenship: Naturalized United States Citizen
Age: 49
Great River, New York
Country of Origin: Pakistan

UMMAR UPPAL
Citizenship: Pakistan
Age: 48
Islip Terrace, New York
Country of Origin: Pakistan

More:

BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, two indictments were unsealed charging eight men and one woman from Long Island, New York, with conspiring to commit wire fraud, stealing identities, and concealing and harboring illegal immigrants employed at 7-Eleven, Inc. (7-Eleven) franchise stores located throughout Long Island and Virginia. Through this scheme, the defendants, who owned, managed and controlled fourteen 7-Elevenfranchise stores during the course of the conspiracies, allegedly hired dozens of illegal immigrants, equipped them with more than 20 identities stolen from United States citizens, housed them at residences owned by the defendants, and stole substantial portions of their wages. If convicted, the defendants will face 20 years’ imprisonment on wire fraud conspiracy and alien harboring charges, as well as multiple counts of aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory, consecutive two-year term of incarceration. In addition, all property used to facilitate the harboring of illegal immigrants, together with all proceeds of the wire fraud conspiracy and alien harboring charges, are subject to forfeiture. The defendants will be presented for arraignment later today at the United States Courthouses in Central Islip, New York and Norfolk, Virginia.

The indictments, arrests and seizures are the result of one of the largest criminal immigrant employment investigations ever conducted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. As set forth in court filings, the government has moved to forfeit the franchiserights to ten 7-Eleven stores in New York and four 7-Eleven stores in Virginia. In the indictments, the government has also moved to forfeit fivehouses in New York worth over $1.3 million. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the case announced today constitutes the largest criminal immigration forfeiture in its history. In addition, earlier today, federal agents fanned out across the country to execute multiple search and seizure warrants and inspect approximately 30 7-Eleven franchisestores. The actions taken are the initial results of an ongoing investigation into the employment and exploitation of illegal immigrants at 7-Elevenfranchise stores nationwide. . . .

“As set forth in the indictments, the defendants used 7-Eleven as a platform from which to run elaborate criminal enterprises. From their 7-Eleven stores, the defendants dispensed wire fraud and identity theft, along with Slurpees and hot dogs. In bedroom communities across Long Island and Virginia, the defendants not only systematically employed illegal immigrants, but concealed their crimes by raiding the cradle and the grave to steal the identities of children and even the dead. Finally, these defendants ruthlessly exploited their immigrant employees, stealing their wages and requiring them to live in unregulated boarding houses, in effect creating a modern day plantation system,” stated United States Attorney Lynch. . . .

According to the indictments and court papers filed in the Eastern District of New York, the defendants Farrukh and Bushra Baig are a married couple who owned, co-owned and/or controlled twelve of the 7-Elevenfranchise stores, located on Long Island, New York and in Virginia. Defendants Zahid Baig and Shannawaz Baig are Farrukh Baig’s brothers, who helped to manage and control the stores, assisted by defendants Malik Yousaf, Tariq Rana and Ramon Nanas. Brothers Ahzar Zia and Ummar Uppal, indicted separately, owned and controlled two other Suffolk County 7-Eleven franchise stores.

As franchisees of 7-Eleven, the defendants received a license from the national company to utilize the 7-Eleven trademarks, specialized equipment (such as Slurpee and hot dog machines), and the stores’ physical structures and real property, which were owned or leased by 7-Eleven. The defendants also received access to 7-Eleven’s automated payroll service, through which they inputted each employee’s personalidentifying information and hours worked into the data terminals located at the stores, for electronic transmission to 7-Eleven corporate headquarters. Working with the data provided by the defendants, 7-Eleven processed the payroll and, after subtracting certain expenses, issued wages in the form of checks, direct deposits or debit cards.

According to court filings, from 2000 until the present, the defendants collectively and systematically employed more than 50 illegal immigrants at fourteen 7-Eleven franchise stores in Long Island and Virginia. Rather than transmitting the true identification information of the illegal immigrant employees to 7-Eleven headquarters for processing, the defendants allegedly used more than 20 stolen identities, submitting stolen names and Social Security numbers of United States citizens to conceal the presence of illegal immigrants on the 7-Eleven franchise store payrolls. 7-Eleven headquarters processed the payroll and sent the employees’ wages to the defendants for distribution. The defendants then allegedly stole significant portions of the illegal immigrants’ wages, rather than paying the workers in full. The defendants also required the illegal immigrant to live in residences owned by the defendants and to pay rent incash to the defendants.

As alleged in court documents, the victims of the identity theft hail from seven states, range in age from 8 to 78 years old, and include a child, three dead people and a Coast Guard cadet. In addition, the defendants, together with others, caused the 7-Eleven payroll service to transmit this false information, including the stolen identity information, to United States regulatory agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration.

During the scheme, the defendants allegedly generated over $182 million in proceeds from the 7-Eleven franchise stores. Profits from those stores were shared by the defendants and 7-Eleven.

Thank allah–not Heaven–for 7-Eleven.

From the Huffington POST

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided as many as 15 7-Eleven shops in New York and Virginia early Monday morning, according to multiple reports.
Nine store owners and managers have been arrested on charges of harboring and hiring undocumented immigrants, The New York Times reports. The store owners also stand accused of wire fraud and using fake Social Security numbers to pay their workers. An additional 40 7-Eleven franchises are being investigated in some form, the NYT reports.
Federal authorities said that the raids are a part of an investigation into human smuggling, identity theft and money laundering, according to the AP. The respective store owners allegedly helped smuggle the workers into the U.S. from Pakistan.
A majority of the simultaneous raids happened in Suffolk County, Long Island, according to PIX 11 News. The owners of the raided stores will be charged with harboring undocumented immigrants and not paying the minimum wage to their employees.
As of Monday morning, authorities had arrested approximately 20 people in total.
The probe is as "part of a nationwide sweep involving hundreds of agents," according to the Long Island Newsday. Federal authorities described the alleged situation as a "modern day plantation system," according to ABC News.
On Monday afternoon, 7-Eleven emailed the following statement to The Huffington Post:

7-Eleven, Inc. has cooperated with the government’s investigation. All of our franchise owners must operate their stores in accordance with laws and the 7-Eleven franchise agreement.
7-Eleven, Inc. will take aggressive actions to audit the employment status of all its franchisees’ employees.
7-Eleven, Inc. is taking steps to assume corporate operation of the stores involved in this action so we can continue to serve our guests.
We continue to cooperate with federal authorities in this matter