Illegal alien gets probation after admitting he faked his Naples work credentials

By AISLING SWIFT (Contact)
Originally published 11:51 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008
Updated 11:51 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008

NAPLES — Juan Gomez Rodriguez was like many illegal immigrants who obtain a fake Social Security number and Alien Registration Number to get a job.

But 31-year-old Gomez got caught after he was injured on the job at Leo Masonry in Naples. When his employer sent him to a doctor for a shoulder injury and he received temporary disability payments, that set off a probe with state insurance investigators.

In court recently, defense attorney Erik Lombillo told Collier Circuit Judge Frank Baker the facts of the case “weren’t as egregiousâ€