BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing the identity of a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico.
Jhonny Emilio Pimentel Aybar, 35, a Dominican national who most recently resided in Everett, pleaded guilty to three counts of misuse of a Social Security number and three counts of aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Feb. 7, 2018.
From at least August 2012 to August 2014, Aybar used a stolen identity to register as a Level 3 sex offender with the Everett Police Department. Aybar has been required to register as a Level 3 offender since his 2008 conviction for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in the Essex County Superior Court.
The charge of Social Security fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, to be served consecutively to any sentence imposed on the Social Security fraud count. Aybar will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston; and Scott Antolik, Special Agent in Charge of the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today. Assistant United States Attorney Anne Paruti of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
