Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 7 Months in Prison for Identity Theft

A 30-year-old Jamaican citizen has been sentenced to 7 months in federal prison for identity theft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Alandrae David Brown, a 30-year-old Jamaican citizen, was sentenced to 7 months in federal prison for identity theft, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Brown entered a guilty plea on August 27, 2024.

According to court documents, in September 2017, Brown obtained a Florida driver license in the name of another person. When he applied for the license, Brown represented that he was a United States citizen and that he was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In support of the application, he provided a purported U.S. Virgin Islands birth certificate and a valid Social Security number.

In April 2024, Brown was arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, at which time he identified himself as, and presented the driver license in the name of, the other person. Suspecting that Brown was not who he said he was, immigration authorities interviewed him about his identity and citizenship, but he insisted that he was in fact the person in whose name he had obtained the license.

Federal agents obtained passport records and U.S. Virgin Islands driver license records for the person whose identity Brown had adopted and the photographs in the records were not of Brown. Virgin Islands authorities confirmed that the birth certificate Brown used to obtain the license was a forgery.

“This recidivist criminal’s pattern of disregard for the law and identity theft is a betrayal of conscience and a direct assault on the victim’s life,” said Tim Hemker, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Jacksonville assistant special agent in charge. “Identity theft is never a victimless crime as it devastates people emotionally and financially. HSI, alongside our law enforcement partners, are dedicated to uncovering the truth, no matter how criminals try to conceal it.”

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Enforcement and Removal Operations. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier.

Brown is currently serving his 7-month sentence at a federal prison. His exact location was not disclosed.

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