Dominican National Charged with Identity Theft and Social Security Fraud

BOSTON – A Dominican national was charged today in federal court in Boston with stealing the identity of a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico. 

Jhonny Emilio Pimentel Aybar, 34, a Dominican national residing in Everett, was charged by indictment with three counts of misuse of a Social Security number and three counts of aggravated identity theft. 

On three occasions, Aug. 8, 2012, Aug. 15, 2013, and Aug. 20, 2014, Aybar misrepresented his social security number and identity when registering as a sex offender with the Everett Police Department.

The charge of Social Security fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. The charge of aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, to be served consecutively to any sentence imposed on the Social Security fraud count. Aybar will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston; and Scott Antolik, Special Agent in Charge of the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today.  Assistant United States Attorney Anne Paruti of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.