Benjamin Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John Khin, Special Agent in Charge, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS); and Thomas Robarge, Special Agent in Charge, Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), made the announcement.
George I. Lopez, a/k/a “Ray Lo, Master Lo, and Israel Lo," 46, of Bay Harbor, was indicted on July 13, 2017, with two counts of impersonation of an officer and employee of the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 912. According to the indictment, Lopez falsely represented himself to be a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard in order to obtain things of value from a person who thought Lopez was helping her to join the military.
Mr. Greenburg commended the investigative efforts of DCIS and CGIS. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Schiller.
An indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
