Thread: Illegal immigrants indicted in Birmingham federal court on i

Illegal immigrants indicted in Birmingham federal court on identity theft charges
Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 2:33 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Two illegal immigrants were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Birmingham on identity theft charges in two separate cases, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.

In the first case, Hugo Gudiel Vasquez-Morales, a 30-year-old Mexican man, was indicted on charges he falsely represented himself as a U.S. citizen.

According to the indictment, Vasquez-Morales falsely represented himself as a citizen in Calhoun County on April 28 and, on that same date, unlawfully used the name and birth certificate of another man to impersonate a U.S. citizen.

The maximum penalty for impersonating a U.S. citizen is three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The penalty for aggravated identity theft is a mandatory two-year sentence, consecutive to any other sentence in the case, and a $250,000 fine.

In the second case, Sebastan Gaspar Baltazar Nicholas, a 31-year-old Guatemalan man, also known as Rolando Garcia and Ezerial Ramirez-Morales, was indicted on charges of illegally possessing Social Security cards and attempting to sell them.

Nicholas attempted to sell a Social Security card on Aug. 17 in Marshall County and on Nov. 9 in Madison County, according to the indictment.

The maximum penalty for misusing a Social Security card is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The penalty for aggravated identity theft is a mandatory two years in prison, served consecutively to any other sentence in the case, and a $250,000 fine.

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According to the indictment, Vasquez-Morales falsely represented himself as a citizen in Calhoun County on April 28 and, on that same date, unlawfully used the name and birth certificate of another man to impersonate a U.S. citizen.

Would like to know if this was a stolen birth certificate or a "loaner", if this was a loaner the other person is just as guilty and should be charged as such!