FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
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ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED FOR FAKE ID DOCUMENTS
Boston, MA... An illegal alien, who is a Mexican national, was sentenced today in federal court for conspiracy in connection with producing and transferring false United States identification documents.
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in
Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Investigations 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 LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ, age 23, formerly of Waltham, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to a period of time served (11 months and 4 days of imprisonment), to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. On July 27, 2009, VALDEZ pled 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 from June of 2007 and continuing through October 6, 2008, VALDEZ, along with his co-Defendants VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS and YANIRA ARAUJO, unlawfully conspired and agreed with each other and with others to produce and transfer false identification documents that are and appear to be issued by and under the authority of the United States, specifically alien registration cards commonly known as “green cards” and Social Security Account number cards.
Co-defendants VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ and EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS pled guilty on May 18, 2009, and were sentenced on August 25, 2009. YANIRA ARAUJO pled guilty on June 15, 2009, and was sentenced on September 29, 2009.
Upon completion of his sentence, VALDEZ also faces deportation to his 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 was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney of Loucks’ Major Crimes Unit.
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