Gaithersburg Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Aggravated Identity Theft

JULY 3, 2017

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Greenbelt, Maryland – On June 27, 2017, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel, sentenced Glenn K. Wilcott, age 55, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 5 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for aggravated identity theft and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.

The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Stephen M. Schenning; Special Agent in Charge Richard Ingram of the Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Washington Field Office; Special Agent in Charge, Daniel L. Board of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Marshal Johnny Hughes of the United States Marshals Service; Special Agent Michael McGill of the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

According to court documents, on or about April 12, 2014, Wilcott submitted via mail a U.S. Department of State passport renewal form to acquire a new passport in the name of Victim A because the original passport was set to expire on May 17, 2014. During the renewal process, passport adjudicators determined that there were several fraud indicators associated with the application, including a death report related to the Social Security number that Wilcott used in the application. This social security number belonged to Victim A, who died March 6, 2012.

According to his plea agreement, when law enforcement executed a search warrant on Wilcott’s residence, they recovered various firearms and ammunition including a .22 caliber pen gun. Wilcott had previously sustained a conviction for an offense punishable by more than one year of imprisonment, which made him ineligible to possess firearms and ammunition.

Acting United States Attorney Stephen M. Schenning commended the Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, ATF, the Social Security Administration, the United States Marshal’s Office, and ICE. Mr. Schenning thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Sykes and Thomas Windom who prosecuted the case.