Four arrested for fake Social Security cards

GOSHEN -- The Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested four Middletown residents on Monday after they offered false documentation on order to access the Orange County Correctional Facility to perform pest control work.

The four men, employees of Liberty Pest Control in Middletown, presented fake Social Security cards to a public works employee on Friday April 11 in order to obtain a security clearance to the facility to do work on Monday, April 14.

The men were given clearance as a ruse to get them back to the facility Monday.

The men then presented fake resident alien cards and were arrested.

Two of the Social Security cards came back too living persons in California and Michigan.

They were all charged with possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, and offering a false instrument for filing second degree.

Charges were Manuel Gualan, 22, Cesar Gualan, 23, Hernan Gualan, 26, and Nelson Ocampos, 32, all of Middletown.

The investigation is continuing and more charges are possible.