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News Posts: Social Security Number Misuse

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Brazilian National Arrested for Selling Fake Social Security Cards and Green Cards

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
March 18, 2025

Daytona Beach Man Sentenced To Prison For Theft Of Government Money And Making False Statements To A Federal Agency

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
March 12, 2025

Daytona Beach Man Sentenced To Prison For Theft Of Government Money And Aggravated Identity Theft

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
February 18, 2025

Colombian Woman Charged with Identity Theft Offenses and Stealing Federal Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
February 13, 2025

Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Migrant Smuggling Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
November 26, 2024

Bronx Resident Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Targeting Credit Unions

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
June 17, 2024

Cincinnati Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Number Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
March 19, 2024

Chicago Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for $1.5 Million Scheme to Obtain Two Dozen Luxury Vehicles Using Stolen Identities

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana
October 05, 2023

Colombian National Pleads Guilty To False Claim Of Citizenship And Aggravated Identity Theft

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
September 22, 2023

Central Valley Man Sentenced to over 6 Years in Prison for $9 Million Cow Manure Ponzi Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
June 26, 2023

Man Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for Killing Girlfriend, Dismembering Body and Disposing of it in Trash, Victim’s Body Was Never Found

Brooklyn District Attorney's Office
May 16, 2023

Connecticut Woman Sentenced for Social Security Benefit Fraud Scheme in Stockton, East Bakersfield, Delano, and Elsewhere

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
April 25, 2023

Central Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly $9 Million Cow Manure Ponzi Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
February 27, 2023

Colorado Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Money Laundering Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado
February 24, 2023

Cleveland Heights Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay $177k in Restitution for Credit Card Fraud Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio
September 16, 2022

Citizen of Jamaica Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut
September 15, 2022

Dayton Woman Charged with Federal Crimes Related to Stealing Identities of Local Victims

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
September 14, 2022

Bridgeport Resident Living under a Stolen Identity for 20 Years Pleads Guilty

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut
August 03, 2022

Buffalo Man Accused Of Lying On Passport Application

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York
April 27, 2022

Columbus Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Misusing Social Security Numbers to Get Apartments, Vehicles, Credit Cards

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
January 05, 2022

Cincinnati Woman Sentenced to Prison for Misusing SSN, Lying to Court About Military Service & Address Before Failing to Appear

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
November 09, 2021

Convicted Rapist and Armed Robber Who Assumed Another’s Identity for More Than 40 Years Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
October 04, 2021

Cincinnati Man Pleads Guilty to Using Identity of Deceased Friend to Obtain Social Security, SNAP Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
August 25, 2021

Acton and Manchester Men Arrested for Fraud Involving Small Business Administration Disaster Funds

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
August 23, 2021

Belizean National Sentenced For Using Counterfeit Immigration And Social Security Cards At Nevada DMV

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nevada
July 07, 2021

Baltimore Man Sentenced to 5+ Years as Part of Nationwide Scam to Pass Counterfeit Checks Worth Over $1 Million

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
April 22, 2021

Claremont Couple Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire
April 06, 2021

Cambridge Woman Charged with Stealing Social Security Benefits and Wire Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
April 06, 2021

Belizean National Convicted Of Using Fraudulent Immigration And Social Security Cards At Nevada DMV

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nevada
March 15, 2021

Alleged Drug Kingpin From Nebraska Arrested After Having Assumed Another’s Identity For More Than 35 Years

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
December 04, 2020

Convicted Rapist And Armed Robber Arrested On Federal Charges After Assuming Another Identity For More Than 40 Years

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
November 10, 2020

Boston Man Arrested for Misuse of Identity

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
October 21, 2020

Chicago Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Using Social Security Numbers to Rent Apartments

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Wisconsin
October 07, 2020

Brazilian National Sentenced for Producing False Identification Documents

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
May 01, 2020

Brazilian National Pleads Guilty to Producing False Identification Documents

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
January 30, 2020

Buffalo Man Charged With Lying On Passport Application

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York
November 21, 2019

Cuban Citizen Sentenced for Making False Statements on an Application for Lawful Permanent Residence and for Theft of Government Funds

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida
September 30, 2019

Defense Contractor Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Conspiracy to Defraud U.S. Department of Defense, Conspiracy to Violate Arms Export Control Act, and Income Tax Evasion

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
September 05, 2019

Bronx Man Pleads Guilty to ID Theft, Bank Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island
September 05, 2019

Alleged Kidnapper Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Hide Identity, Receive Federal Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut
August 23, 2019

California Man Convicted in Scheme that Used Stolen Identities to Obtain over $3 Million in Loans, Cars and Cash

U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
May 07, 2019

9th Person Arrested in Investigations into Identity Theft, Bank Fraud Conspiracies

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island
May 01, 2019

12 Charged in Federal Document and Benefit Fraud Sweep

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
April 22, 2019

Colorado Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Living Under False Identity for 34 Years

U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Colorado
February 19, 2019

3 Florida Residents Charged with Identity Theft and Government Theft

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
February 12, 2019

12 Dominican Nationals Charged With Social Security Number Misuse and Identity Theft Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
August 16, 2018

25 Charged in Federal Document and Benefit Fraud Sweep

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
July 27, 2018

Colorado Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Social Security Number Misuse and Tax Fraud Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Colorado
June 07, 2018

California Woman Charged with $190,000 Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
February 27, 2018
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