Chicago Alderman's father pleads guilty in fake ID case

The AP reports:

A Chicago alderman's father pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he conspired to make fake IDs at a photo shop in the city's heavily Mexican-American Little Village neighborhood.

Elias Munoz, 63, acknowledged at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer that he knew the photos he took would be used in the manufacture of fake drivers licenses and state and federal ID papers.

"Why?" Pallmeyer asked.

"Well, that was the business," Munoz, a native of Mexico, said simply, speaking through a translator.

Munoz, the father of Chicago Alderman Ricardo Munoz, faces a maximum sentence of five years and a $250,000 fine. But the actual punishment is likely to be considerably lighter. Sentencing is set for Sept. 24.

The alderman was not on hand for the plea.

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