Used a Social Security Card and a Green Card that Belonged to Other People to Get a Job
A Guatemalan man who used false identification documents to obtain a job was sentenced today to more than two months in federal prison.
Melvin Caguach-Samol, age 21, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and living in Postville, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 9, 2018, guilty plea to one count of unlawful use of identification documents.
At the guilty plea, Caguach-Samol admitted he used a fraudulent Social Security card and a fraudulent permanent resident card, also known as a “green card," when he completed an employment form on May 10, 2018, at a business in Independence, Iowa. The Social Security number and the Alien Registration number on the “green card" were issued to other persons. Caguach-Samol also used the same fraudulent Social Security card and “green card" when applying for work in Garnavillo, Iowa, in April 2016.
Caguach-Samol was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by Chief United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Caguach-Samol was sentenced to 72 days’ imprisonment. He must also serve a one-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Caguach-Samol is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 18-CR-2035-LTS. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
