Efrain Alvarez-Victoriano, Social Security Misuse, Iowa 2019

Local Man Sentenced for Social Security Number Misuse

A 44-year-old man who used another person’s social security number to get a job has been sentenced to two months in federal prison. Efrain Alvarez-Victoriano, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 12, 2019, guilty plea to one count of misuse of a social security number.

Alvarez-Victoriano used someone else’s name and social security number on employment forms and state and federal tax forms when applying for work in Waukon, Iowa, on September 11, 2012. This is not the first time Alvarez-Victoriano has been in trouble with the law. In 2016, he was convicted of possession of methamphetamine and introducing a controlled substance into a jail and placed on probation.

Alvarez-Victoriano’s whereabouts were unknown to immigration officials until his arrest and sentencing in February 2019 for violating his state probation. He is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be returned to state prison, where he is serving a five-year sentence on an Iowa drug felony conviction.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations. Alvarez-Victoriano was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.

According to court records, Alvarez-Victoriano must serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. This case is a reminder of the importance of protecting social security numbers and the consequences of using someone else’s identity.

The case file number is 17-CR-2003. For more information, visit https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA for the latest updates on this case and other federal crimes in Iowa.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/illegal-alien-who-used-another-person-s-social-security-number-sentenced-prison-4