BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for passport fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Carlos Morillo, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to two years in prison. Morillo will be subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of his sentence. In April 2016, Morillo pleaded guilty to three counts of passport fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
Between 2007 and 2012, Morillo submitted at least six United States passport applications under three different identities. The State Department denied all of the applications. Investigators identified Morillo as the person responsible after he was arrested on drug charges in 2012.
Morillo will serve the two-year sentence consecutively to a five-to-six-year state prison sentence he is currently serving as a result of the 2012 arrest.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and William B. Gannon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Boston Field Office, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg A. Friedholm of Weinreb’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
