Two men from Champaign, Illinois, have been charged with aggravated identity theft and making false claims of citizenship in separate federal indictments.
Miguel Valencia-Sandoval, 33, of Ivanhoe Drive, made his initial appearance in federal court in Urbana today. The indictment charges Valencia-Sandoval with making a false statement of U.S. citizenship on a passport application in April 2012, using another’s identity and stating he was a U.S. citizen when he was not.
Valencia-Sandoval is also charged with aggravated identity theft related to the April 2012 passport application, and with making a false claim of citizenship to vote in November 2016, as well as three misdemeanor counts of voting in an election by an illegal alien in November 2016, November 2014, and November 2012.
Valencia-Sandoval was previously charged in a criminal complaint filed in the Central District of Illinois on Jan. 9, 2017. According to the affidavit in support of the complaint, on Jan. 7, 2017, Valencia-Sandoval applied for admission to the U.S. from Mexico via the Lincoln Juarez Port of Entry, into Laredo, Texas.
Valencia-Sandoval waived an identity hearing in Texas, consented to transfer to the Central District of Illinois, and remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending future court hearings in the Central District of Illinois, Urbana division.
A separate indictment charges Salvador Garcia-Luna, 27, of the 1700 block of Henry St., Champaign, with making a false statement of U.S. citizenship and aggravated identity theft on a passport application in March 2016, using another’s identity and stating he was a U.S. citizen when he was not.
Garcia-Luna is also charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, an illegal alien, on Jan. 4, 2017.
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Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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