Pedro Wilson Hernandez-Castillo, Identity Fraud, Massachusetts 2020

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Massachusetts Resident Charged with Identity Fraud

BOSTON, Massachusetts – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment last week, bringing additional charges against Pedro Wilson Hernandez-Castillo, a 49-year-old Dominican national.

Hernandez-Castillo was charged in a superseding indictment on one count of false representation of a Social Security number and one count of aggravated identity theft.

According to the charging documents, on June 15, 2020, Hernandez-Castillo was stopped by a state trooper while driving and asked to provide his identification. The defendant provided the driver’s license and Social Security card of another individual. After determining that Hernandez-Castillo provided false information, the state trooper arrested Hernandez-Castillo.

Hernandez-Castillo has a history of re-entering the United States after being deported. He was removed from the United States on three previous occasions: August 2011, July 2000, and January 1999. He was also convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin in August 2018.

The charge of false representation of a Social Security number provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. The charge of unlawful reentry after deportation provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. The charge of aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory two-year prison sentence that must run consecutively to any other sentence imposed, up to one year of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

Hernandez-Castillo has been in custody since his arrest in June 2020. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucy Sun of Lelling’s Worcester Branch Office is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.