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"Our kids need to be reminded that even something as seemingly innocu- ous as buying IDs to get into bars can lead to huge trouble said James W. Burdick, a Bloomfield Hills attorney. Burdick represents University of Michigan sophomore Samuel Hamburger, 19, of Royal Oak, who appeared in federal court on Feb. 25, along with U-M sophomore Barak Leibovitz, 20, and Michigan State University freshman Zachary Firestone, 18, both of West Bloomfield. Attorney Adam Kutinsky of Detroit rep- resents Leibovitz and declined comment. According to Gina Balaya of the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit, all three defendants were released on unsecured bonds. They are at the complaint stage and have not had to enter pleas. Their preliminary examinations, to determine if there is enough evidence to be bound over for trial, are set for April 12 in federal district court before Magistrate Judge Mark Randon. The students were arrested Feb. 24 after Hamburger allegedly signed for a FedEx package containing 48 fraudulent identification cards at the Ann Arbor apartment he shares with Leibovitz. According to the criminal complaint, the three were charged in violation of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, in that "all defendants did knowingly possess with the intent to use unlawfully or transfer unlawfully identification documents, authentication features, or false identifi- cation documents." An affidavit attached to the criminal complaint describes the Feb. 20 intercep- tion of the FedEx parcel while en route from Toronto to Ann Arbor. The pack- age was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis and sent to Detroit's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office. On Feb. 24, the package was delivered to the Ann Arbor apartment by special agents and signed for by Hamburger, the only one home. In the affidavit, ICE special agent Michael Williams said, "Hamburger stat- ed that Leibovitz informed (him) that he was expecting a package (and) he knew the package he'd signed for contained (at least one) fake identification card." Leibovitz was arrested when he returned to the apartment later that day. In a written statement to the ICE, he said 27 of the ID cards were his and the rest belonged to a friend, later identi- fied as Firestone, a graduate of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills and Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield. In the affidavit, Williams said, "Firestone gave a written statement as to his involvement with the sale of the fake identification cards as well as to how he initially got involved, and intro- duced to doing so, by Leibovitz." According to ICE spokesman Khaalid Walls, punishment for an individual convicted of dealing in fraudulent iden- tification documents could include a fine of up to $10,000 and/or imprison- ment for up to 15 years, with further repercussions for offenses, including those in connection with a crime of violence or to facilitate a drug traf- ficking crime or an act of domestic or international terrorism. ICE officials say the U.S. Attorney's office is working to determine the specific penalty that could be incurred in the case, depen- dent on the type of documents involved. Burdick says he strongly stands by "the need for the government and ICE to be very vigilant about false IDs, particu- larly with respect to the nefarious uses to which it is all too often put and the ter- rible violence from potential users:" But he maintains that his client, Hamburger, "was not at all involved:' only having signed for his roommates' package at his roommate's request. Hamburger graduated from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills. Leibovitz's high school was not available. Although Burdick is adamant the other two defendants should not "have made a business of selling fake IDs and crossing the international border to do it, to boot',' he says they do not warrant a federal criminal conviction. "The intend- ed use by the kids at U-M and MSU who were going to buy these IDs — underage drinking — is hardly what one would think of as a federal crime. "The biggest issue is that we don't seem to be able to convince some of our kids they are not, in fact, immortal," Burdick said.