Hattiesburg, Miss - Moises Perez-Torales, 28 of Vera Cruz, Mexico was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 24 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for knowingly possessing and using a means of identification of another person, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
Perez-Torales, who was in the United States illegally, used a stolen social security number to create false documents to represent himself as a U.S. citizen to obtain employment.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with assistance from the Forrest County Sheriff’s Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Annette Williams.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
