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Portland Counterfeiter Sentenced to 10 Months
A Portland man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for conspiracy to produce false identification documents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Roman Garcia-Lopez, also known as Romeo Bartalon, a 57-year-old Mexican citizen, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen. Garcia-Lopez pleaded guilty to the charge on September 25, 2013.
According to court records, Garcia-Lopez sold fake Permanent Resident cards and Social Security cards to individuals in the Portland area who were in the United States illegally. The scheme involved providing biographical information and a photograph, which was then used to create the fake documents.
The documents, which were created in the Atlanta, Georgia area, were mailed to Maine via the U.S. Postal Service. Garcia-Lopez was ordered removed from the United States in 1997 but remained in the country.
At the sentencing hearing, it was disclosed that Garcia-Lopez would be turned over to immigration authorities for removal proceedings after completing his sentence.
The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Contact: Craig M. Wolff, Assistant United States Attorney, (207) 780-3257.
Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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