A Mexican man who used a fraudulent identification document to obtain a job was sentenced today to almost four months in federal prison.
Jose Castaneda-Rivera, age 49, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and living in Britt, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 9, 2018, guilty plea to one count of false use of an immigration identification document.
In a plea agreement, Castaneda-Rivera admitted he used a fraudulent State of Iowa Non-Driver Identification Card when he completed an employment form on April 4, 2013, at a business in Forest City, Iowa. Castaneda-Rivera knew the identification card was false and had not been issued to him by the State of Iowa. Castaneda-Rivera used the fraudulent identification card to falsely claim he was authorized to work in the United States when Castaneda-Rivera knew he was not authorized to work.
Castaneda-Rivera was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade. Castaneda-Rivera was sentenced to 114 days’ imprisonment and fined $2,000. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Castaneda-Rivera 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 Kevin C. Fletcher and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 18-CR-3010-LRR. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
