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June 15, 2009
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WALTHAM WOMAN GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FAKE UNITED STATES IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Boston, MA... A Waltham woman was convicted today in federal court of 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 Investigations in Boston; Colonel Mark Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, Frank G. Cousins, Essex County Sheriff; and James V. DiPaola, Middlesex County Sheriff, announced today that YANIRA ARAUJO,” age 28, of Waltham, Massachusetts, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with producing and transferring false identification documents.
At the plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the evidence would have proven that in or about June of 2007 through October 6, 2008, ARAUJO, along with her Co-Defendants LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “DANIEL, EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” and VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” unlawfully conspired to produce and transfer false Alien Registration Cards commonly known as “green cards” and Social Security Account Number Cards.
U.S. District Judge Stearns scheduled ARAUJO’s sentencing for September 29, 2009. ARAUJO EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” and VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Stearns on May 18, 2009. They are scheduled to sentenced on August 25, 2009. The case is still pending against LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ.
Upon completion of any prison sentence imposed, LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “DANIEL,” EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” 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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