A Guatemalan man who used another person’s social security number to complete employment paperwork was sentenced today to five months in federal prison.
Adner Toj-Velasquez, age 35, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Postville, Iowa, received the prison term after a Nov. 26, 2018, jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of misuse of a social security number.
The evidence at trial showed that on February 8, 2015, Toj-Velasquez used someone else’s social security number on employment and tax documents when applying for work in Luana, Iowa. On the employment form, Toj-Velasquez falsely claimed to be a United States citizen.
Toj-Velasquez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Toj-Velasquez was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Toj-Velasquez is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the 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-1036-CJW. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
