Gladys Reynoso Zapet, Passport Fraud, Massachusetts 2020

BOSTON, Massachusetts – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced for passport fraud in federal court in Boston. Gladys Reynoso Zapet, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to time served (one day). Reynoso Zapet will face deportation proceedings.

In January 2020, Reynoso Zapet pleaded guilty to making a false statement in an application for a United States passport.

On February 9, 2012, Reynoso Zapet applied for a U.S. passport at a post office in Lynn under the name of a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico. On the passport application, Reynoso Zapet used the name, date of birth and Social Security number of the other individual.

She also submitted a Puerto Rican birth certificate and a Massachusetts identification card, both in the name of the other individual, as well as a photograph of herself with the application.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Jonathan Davidson, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.

Gladys Reynoso Zapet’s crime: making a false statement in an application for a United States passport. This occurred in Lynn, Massachusetts. The exact date of the crime was February 9, 2012. Reynoso Zapet was sentenced to time served, one day, in federal court in Boston. Reynoso Zapet will face deportation proceedings.

The federal court in Boston made the announcement. The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus prosecuted the case.

This is a case of passport fraud, which occurred in Lynn, Massachusetts. Gladys Reynoso Zapet applied for a U.S. passport using the name of a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico. Reynoso Zapet used the name, date of birth and Social Security number of the other individual on the passport application.

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