Gautier Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Indentity Theft

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on July 28, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

Gulfport, Miss - Edgardo Batiz Medina, 33, a resident of Gautier and a native of Puerto Rico, pled guilty today before Chief District Judge Louis Guirola to aggravated ID theft in a case involving the sale of birth certificates and social security cards, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced.

Batiz Medina will be sentenced on Oct. 22, 2015 and faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Annette Williams is prosecuting the case.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys