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Background check ends in fraud charges for job seeker

By Lauren Pack

Staff Writer

Thursday, July 17, 2008

HAMILTON — An illegal immigrant was arrested Wednesday, July 16, in the lobby of the Butler County Sheriff's Office when she allegedly passed fake identification while trying to get a background check for a job, according to sheriff's officials.

Genesis Mahelet Garcia-Garcia, 25, of Sixth Avenue in Hamilton, is charged with two counts of forgery and one count of identity fraud. She is in the country from Mexico illegally, according to deputies, Garcia is also being held in the Butler County Jail on an ICE holder and faces possible deportation.

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