Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho, Counterfeit ID Documents, Michigan 2025

Grand Rapids, Michigan

U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey announced that Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho, 41, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced to 6 months in custody for conspiracy to transfer false identification documents.

The crime took place in the Grand Rapids area during 2024 and 2025, where Vasquez-Mencho operated an illegal document business that allowed others like him to illegally obtain employment and claim taxpayer-supported public services.

Vasquez-Mencho is the second of three defendants charged with and convicted of participating in a scheme by Guatemalans illegally present in the United States to advertise, manufacture, and sell fraudulent Social Security and Permanent Resident cards, as well as other false identification documents.

This is the third time Vasquez-Mencho was found in the United States illegally. The first time he was located here, he was allowed to voluntarily depart and the second time, he was removed by immigration authorities to Guatemala.

After the completion of his sentence, he will again be removed to his native Guatemala.

HSI Detroit Special Agent in Charge Jared Murphey said, “This sentencing sends a clear message: Homeland Security Investigations will aggressively pursue and dismantle criminal organizations that traffic in fraudulent identification documents and exploit our immigration system.”

This case was investigated by the Grand Rapids office of Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Daniels.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho, Exact criminal charges: conspiracy to transfer false identification documents, City and state: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Exact date: Not specified, Sentence or outcome: 6 months in custody, and Dollar amounts: Not applicable.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/Vasquez-Mencho_Sentencing_PR