Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Identity Theft Charges

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine:  Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Luis Medina, 49, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to submitting a false document to a government agency, social security fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to court records, in August 2015, Medina, who was working for an asbestos abatement contractor, used a false name and social security number to gain access to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Based on the false information, Medina was cleared for access to the shipyard.

Medina faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of the false document and social security fraud charges and a mandatory consecutive two-year sentence on the aggravated identity theft charge. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The case was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service; the New Hampshire State Police; and the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General.