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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2009
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ILLEGAL ALIEN S SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FAKE UNITED STATES IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
BOSTON, MA - Two illegal aliens, who are Mexican nationals were sentenced yesterday in federal court for conspiracy in connection with producing and transferring fake United States identification documents.
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in
Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Investigation in Boston; Colonel Mark Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Sheriff Frank G. Cousins of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department; and Sheriff James V. DiPaola of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department, announced today that VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” age 20, of 23 John Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts, and EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” age 22, of 23 John Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to time served (9 months and 23 days of imprisonment), to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. On May 18, 2009, VALDEZ and MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with producing and transferring false identification documents.
At the earlier plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the Government’s evidence would have proven that between June 2007 and October 2008, VALDEZ and MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, along with his Co-Defendants LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ and YANIRA ARAUJO, unlawfully conspired and agreed to produce and transfer false identification documents that are and appear to be issued by and under the authority of the United States, to wit: Alien Registration Cards commonly known as “green cards” and Social Security Account Number Cards.
YANIRA ARAUJO pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stearns on June 15, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 29, 2009. LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ pled guilty on July 27, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 6, 2009.
VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” and EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN”, also face deportation to their native Mexico.
The case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force, which includes federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies, the Massachusetts State Police, Essex County Sheriff’s Department, and the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney in Loucks’ Major Crimes Unit.
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