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September 29, 2009
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WALTHAM WOMEN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FAKE UNITED STATES IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Boston, MA... A Waltham woman was sentenced today 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 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 YANIRA A. ARAUJO, age 28, of Waltham, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to 2 years of probation. On June 15, 2009, ARAUJO 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 that in or about June of 2007 and continuing through October 6, 2008, ARAUJO, along with her Co-Defendants LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “DANIEL,” VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS,” and EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” 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, commonly known as “green cards” and Social Security Account Number Cards.
LUIS ANTONIO VALDEZ pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Stearns on July 27, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentence on November 6, 2009. VICTOR ANTONIO VALDEZ, a/k/a “CARLOS” pled guilty on May 18, 2009 and was sentenced to 2 years of supervised release. EDER MARQUEZ-VILLALOBOS, a/k/a “BRIAN,” pled guilty on May 18, 2009 and was sentenced to time served and 2 years of supervised release.
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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