Alien Sentenced for False Representation of a Social Security Number and Illegal Re-entry

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Gregorio Pablo-Lares, age 38, a citizen of Guatemala who resided in West Point, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 18, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for false representation of a social security number with intent to deceive and reentry of a removed alien. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Pablo-Lares to eight months’ imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pablo-Lares’s release from prison, he will begin a one-year term of supervised release.

To obtain employment at a business in Nebraska, Pablo-Lares used the name, date of birth and Social Security Number (SSN) of another person. As proof of identity, Pablo-Lares provided to the employer a phony state ID card and a phony Social Security Card. The Social Security Administration verified that the SSN Pablo-Lares used belongs to a real person. An order to remove Pablo-Lares from the United States was issued in 2018, and he had been removed from the United States to Guatemala on three occasions in 2018 and 2019. He thereafter re-entered the United States but did not obtain consent from the appropriate authority to re-apply for admission.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.