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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Visa Fraud

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

Baltimore, Maryland – Today, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Douglas Anthony Eze, 55, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for visa fraud. Eze was also fined $20,000.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentence with Special Agent in Charge Michael S. McCarthy, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – Baltimore, and U.S.  Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) – Washington District.

According to the guilty plea, Eze, who owns Largo Financial Services, illegally entered Canada in 1991 using a fraudulent passport. After Canada issued a deportation order in 1995, Eze fled. Then in 1997, he resurfaced in the United States, using the name and other identifying information of a Canadian citizen.

Eze, who knew the victim, also took the citizen’s Canadian birth certificate to apply for a green card within the United States.  He eventually became a U.S. citizen under the stolen Canadian identity and then changed his last name to Eze.

As a citizen under fraudulent pretenses, Eze adopted and sponsored two children for permanent residence in the United States, falsely declaring the stolen Canadian identity as his own in immigration documents for the children.  Eze continued using the victim’s identity to apply for a U.S. passport, driver’s license, and membership in the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network. The victim never gave Eze permission to use his identifying information.

U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes commended HSI and USCIS for their work in the investigation.  Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Colleen E. McGuinn and Reema Sood who prosecuted the federal case.

For more information about the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, visit www.justice.gov/usao-md and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.

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Contact

Kevin Nash
USAMD.Press@usdoj.gov
410-209-4946

Updated May 21, 2025

Topic
Identity Theft