Jury Convicts Dual Citizen Of Passport Fraud

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that a federal jury has found David Fernando Jimenez Gomez (45, Dominican Republic), a/k/a Daniel Gomez DeLeon, a/k/a David Gomez De Leon, guilty of two counts of passport fraud. Jimenez Gomez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 11, 2025. 

According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Jimenez Gomez, a dual citizen of the United States and the Dominican Republic, left the United States in the late 1990s and began living in the Dominican Republic. He acquired a Dominican identification card in a false name and, knowing that there was a warrant for his arrest, used a different false name to acquire a United States visa to travel to the United States. He then, on multiple occasions, lied about his use of these aliases on applications for United States passports.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Karyna Valdes and Special Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Wheeler, III.