FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
August 23, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 1:11-cr-00271-LJO

FRESNO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Raul Duarte Ortega, 55, of Bakersfield, was arrested today after a federal grand jury indicted him on August 18, 2011 for failure to register or update as a sex offender.

According to the indictment, from November 2007 through February 2011, Ortega failed to register or update his registration as a sex offender while in California.

The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which was enacted as part of the Adam Walsh Act of 2006, mandates sex offenders to register with the authorities of each county in which the offender resides, works, and is a student.

This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Marshals Service. Assistant United States Attorney Jeremy R. Jehangiri is prosecuting the case.

If convicted, Ortega faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory sentencing factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

The charges are only allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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