Dead man victimized in ID theft in East Manatee
Michael A. Scarcella
Published Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 2:25 p.m.

EAST MANATEE — A groundskeeper arrested Friday is accused of using a dead man’s ID to gain employment at the Legacy Golf Club here, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent reported.

Authorities arrested Ezequiel Sosa-Zamarripa, 40, a Bradenton resident and native of Mexico who is in the country illegally, at the golf club in the 8200 block of Legacy Boulevard, according to an FDLE report.

Sosa-Zamarripa’s application at the golf club included a Social Security card and a resident alien card that were both in the name of a man who authorities say is deceased. Sosa-Zamarripa is charged with unlawfully using a dead person’s ID for monetary gain.

Authorities said Sosa-Zamarripa confessed to using the documents to get a job. Federal charges are pending. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement department has requested Sosa-Zamarripa not be released from custody.

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