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Honduran Man Sentenced for Illegal Use of a Social Security Number

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, – NAHUM VERDE-ORTIZ, age 39, a citizen of Honduras was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal use of a social security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).

U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced VERDE-ORTIZ to time served.

According to the indictment, on August 20, 2014, VERDE-ORTIZ used a social security number that did not belong to him to register for a safety training course that his employer required him to take before he could begin working for the company as a construction worker.

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security in investigating this matter.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis is in charge of the prosecution.

 

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Updated March 29, 2018
Topic
Identity Theft
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern

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