Gordon Daigle, a/k/a Gordon Hill, 38, of Epsom, admitted in federal court today to stealing another person’s identity to obtain official identification, marking a sharp escalation in a criminal pattern that led to his capture by fugitive task forces across state lines.
Daigle pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of Social Security Number Misuse, a charge carrying serious federal penalties, including fines and years behind bars. The confession came after prosecutors laid out evidence linking him to a fraudulent New Hampshire Non-Driver Identification Card issued under a stolen name, birth date, and Social Security number.
Court records reveal that on April 6, 2015, Daigle walked into a DMV office and submitted a Social Security card and forged birth certificate belonging to someone else—documents he used to cement a false identity. The card issued bore his photo but the victim’s personal data, creating a government-sanctioned alias that would later shield him from law enforcement.
That alias didn’t hold. On May 23, 2016, the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force arrested Daigle on outstanding warrants from the Wyoming Board of Parole and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Parole Board. When taken into custody, he was found carrying the fraudulent ID and the matching stolen Social Security card—physical proof of his deception.
The case, investigated by the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Marshals Service, exposes vulnerabilities in identity verification systems and the ease with which fugitives exploit them. Prosecutors, led by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Burzycki, emphasized that identity theft isn’t a victimless crime—it corrodes trust in documents that underpin everything from banking to law enforcement.
Daigle now awaits sentencing, scheduled for February 1, 2017, when federal judges will weigh his prior parole violations and the calculated nature of the fraud. U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice reaffirmed her office’s commitment to pursuing not only violent offenders but those who manipulate identity to vanish into the shadows—men like Daigle, who thought a fake name could keep him free.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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