Charly Martinez-Hernandez, a 19-year-old Mexican national living in Cascade, Iowa, was sentenced to over three months in federal prison after pleading guilty to using a fraudulent Social Security card to secure employment. The young man, who overstayed his visitor visa, was caught using the false ID to complete an employment form at a Dyersville business in August 2018.
Martinez-Hernandez was admitted into the United States in April 2018 on a visitor visa and was supposed to leave by October 14, 2018. Instead, he remained in the country, leading to his discovery by immigration agents on December 29, 2018, after being charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), a charge that is still pending.
U.S. District Court Judge C.J. Williams sentenced Martinez-Hernandez to 106 days’ imprisonment in Cedar Rapids. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after his prison term, with no parole available in the federal system.
The sentence was the result of a case prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The defendant is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials.
For more information on this case, visit the court file at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl, where the case file number is 19-CR-1001. Follow updates on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Organized Crime|Human Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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