Four People Plead Guilty in Connection with Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring

Three other defendants in the case pleaded guilty earlier this week:

• Son-Hee Chong, 56, of Palisades Park, N.J., pleaded guilty on Feb. 8, 2012, before Judge Shwartz to conspiracy to unlawfully produce false identification documents and to commit credit card fraud. She faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the pecuniary gain or victim loss from the offense. Sentencing is scheduled for May 22, 2012. She was released on $250,000 bail.
• Myung-Kyun Ko, 51, of Leonia, N.J., pleaded guilty on Feb. 8, 2012, before Judge Shwartz to conspiracy to unlawfully produce an identification document and to commit credit card fraud. He faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the pecuniary gain or victim loss from the offense. Sentencing is scheduled for May 22, 2012. He was released on $250,000 bail.
• Alex S. Lee, 44, of Palisades Park, pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an information charging him with conspiracy to unlawfully produce an identification document and false identification document and commit credit card fraud (count one) and aggravated identity theft (count two). He faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the pecuniary gain or victim loss from the offense, on count one, and a mandatory minimum of two years in prison on count two. Sentencing is scheduled for May 21, 2012. He was released on $250,000 bail.