FRESNO, Calif. - Angelica Moreno Velasquez, 32, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 15 months in prison for conspiracy to produce, transfer, possess, and sell false identification documents, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Moreno Velasquez was remanded into custody today after the sentence was imposed.
According to court documents, between June 2015 and June 2016, Moreno Velasquez conspired with others to sell fraudulent identification documents, including social security cards and alien registration receipt cards, to customers who placed orders and paid as much as $150 for a set of the fraudulent documents.
This case was the product of an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles, Investigations Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher D. Baker is prosecuting the case.
On June 16, 2016, Moreno Velasquez and five co-defendants were arrested for the scheme. In December 2016, Francisco Javier Hidalgo-Flores was sentenced to 15 months in prison; Veronica Rosales-Capitaine was sentenced to 14 months in prison; and Lizet Amairani Ramirez-Zazueta was sentenced to time served.
Charges are pending against the remaining co‑defendants and trial is scheduled to commence on December 5, 2017. The charges are only allegations; they are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
