Unlawfully worked under alias claiming to be a United States Citizen
A Guatemalan man who used a false identification document to obtain a job was sentenced today to nearly three months in federal prison.
Miguel Leon-Quinilla, age 21, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and living in Tama, Iowa, received the prison term after an Oct. 30, 2018, guilty plea to two counts of unlawful use of an identification document.
At the guilty plea, Leon-Quinilla admitted he used a fraudulent Social Security card when he completed an employment form at a business in Tama, Iowa, on Jan. 30, 2018, and April 26, 2018. Leon-Quinilla, claiming to be a United States citizen, used the name and social security number of a United States citizen on the employment paperwork. Leon-Quinilla claimed to have paid $2,000 to a U.S. citizen for that person’s Social Security card and a birth certificate which he used to obtain an Iowa ID card on April 19, 2018. At the time of his arrest, Leon-Quinilla also had an Arkansas identification card bearing his picture but in the name of a third individual.
Leon-Quinilla was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Leon-Quinilla was sentenced to 85 days’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Leon-Quinilla 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-0098-CJW.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
