Quebec man who smuggled fake permanent residence cards, licences gets prison time [Video]

A Quebec man has been sentenced to over two years in prison after smuggling more than 1,000 forged documents into the country, including Canadian permanent resident cards and driver’s licences.

Jonghun Lee, 38, pleaded guilty on Nov. 18 at the Laval, Que. courthouse following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

According to the border agency, the Quebec City resident tried to import 509 counterfeit cards to reproduce permanent residency cards and 506 counterfeit cards reproducing Alberta driver’s licences. He was sentenced last month to 30 months’ imprisonment.

The CBSA said he was also convicted of forging documents, including Canadian citizenship cards, permanent residence cards, work permits, and driver’s licences from several provinces “with the intention of them being used or acted upon as genuine.”

Border agents at the Mirabel office intercepted a package from China on Jan. 14, 2022. CBSA investigators later executed a search warrant at …