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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
April 28, 2008
NEW JERSEY MAN ADMITS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING PASSPORT, ASSUMING ANOTHER MAN’S IDENTITY
WICHITA, KAN. – Theodore Riley Floyd, 28, Lakewood, N.J., pleaded guilty Monday to one count of making a false statement on an application for a passport and using the passport to assume another man’s identity.
Floyd was indicted Feb. 6, 2008, under the name John Doe also known as Nathaniel James Levi. Since then, he has been identified as Theodore Riley Floyd.
In his plea, Floyd admitted that on March 28, 2002, he submitted an application for a U.S. passport to the Corporate Hills U.S. Post Office in Wichita, Kan. He submitted the application using the name and Social Security number of Nathaniel James Levi, who is a deceased veteran of the United States Navy. Floyd received the passport and used it to help him assume Levi’s identity for fraudulent purposes.
“Our office has received several inquiries from members of an Hasidic community in New Jersey who accepted Mr. Floyd while he was using the stolen identity,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. “But those events took place after the crime to which he is pleading guilty. Other authorities will have to determine whether any crimes were committed in their jurisdictions.”
Floyd, who is being held in federal custody in Kansas, is set for sentencing July 14. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
Melgren commended the Diplomatic Security Service of the U.S. Department of State, the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector General and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson for their work on the case.
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