Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses Land Danbury Resident in Prison
In a scheme that spanned years, Dominic St. Hilaire Rosario, 57, formerly of Danbury, used stolen identities to lease and purchase vehicles and motorcycles. Rosario, along with Jamie Pinto and another individual, conspired to obtain vehicles and motorcycles at dealerships in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
According to court documents, Rosario arranged for a car or motorcycle to be purchased or leased from a dealership in the name of an identity theft victim. Pinto or another co-conspirator would then impersonate the identity theft victim at the dealership to complete the paperwork. Rosario supplied his co-conspirators with fraudulent identification documents bearing the victim’s personal identifying information, and with a fraudulent photo identification that contained the identifying information of the victim and a photograph of a co-conspirator.
Through this scheme, Rosario and his co-conspirators acquired at least 13 vehicles and attempted to acquire at least two more. Some of the vehicles were recovered by law enforcement and returned to the dealers.
In July 2018, Rosario was stopped by the New Jersey State Police driving a Chevrolet Silverado that had been obtained through the fraud from a dealership in Vernon, Connecticut. After that encounter, he fled to the Dominican Republic. On February 28, 2019, a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging Rosario. He was extradited from the Dominican Republic in May 2020, and is detained.
On May 10, 2021, Rosario pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant sentenced Rosario to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his involvement in the scheme.
In addition to his prison sentence, Judge Bryant ordered Rosario to pay $203,873.11 in restitution. Pinto, 44, last residing in Manchester, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud, and identity theft offenses on March 20, 2019. He is detained while awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for October 27.
This matter has been investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with substantial assistance from the Vernon Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sarala V. Nagala and Anastasia E. King.
Related Federal Cases
- Domingo St. Hilaire Rosario, Vehicle Identity Theft, Connecticut 2021 · Connecticut
- Anthony C. Innarella, Bank Fraud and Identity Theft, Connecticut 2017 · Connecticut
- Angel L. Morales, ID Theft and Bank Fraud, NY 2024 · Connecticut
- John Voloshin, Bank Fraud & Identity Theft, Connecticut 2012 · Connecticut
- Derrell Lee, Identity Theft, New Jersey 2023 · Connecticut
Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|White Collar Crime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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