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A brazen identity thief swindled his way to US citizenship and a passport, but his scheme came crashing down this week. Miguel Dario Bautista Jimenez, 41, of New Jersey, was charged with illegally obtaining US citizenship and a passport through a web of lies and deceit.
Jimenez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was removed from the US in 2013 after a conviction for selling heroin in New York. But he didn’t let that stop him. He re-entered the country using a false identity, with partially mutilated fingerprints to evade detection.
Using this fake identity, Jimenez applied for and received US citizenship documents, including a passport. The charges of unlawful procurement of naturalization and passport fraud each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The investigation was a joint effort between Homeland Security Investigations, the Social Security Administration, and the US Department of State.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: New Jersey
- Location: NJ
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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