Two Sentenced for Illegal Re-Entry and Use of False Passports

Two Sentenced for Illegal Re-Entry and Use of False Passports

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 25, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

St. Louis -Fatima Ciecierska, a/k/a Fatyma Minikiewicz, a/k/a Ewa Antoniewicz, 47, and Adam Dytlow, a/k/a Adam Jedynak, a/k/a Robert Antoniewicz, 50, who were both Polish Nationals, were sentenced today. Ciecierska and Dytlow were sentenced to time served for aggravated illegal re-entry in the United States, and use of a false passport. Both are subject to deportation and removal from the United States at the conclusion of their sentences. Both appeared in federal court before U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig.

Defendants are both natives and citizens of Poland. According to court documents, on or about June 27, 2018, defendants were arrested for suspicion of stealing at a retail store in Brentwood, Missouri. Both defendants were found to be in possession of false and counterfeit Polish passports, in false names, that included counterfeit Visas. Both defendants had previously been deported from the United States to Poland; Ciecierska during 2007, and Dytlow during 2009. Neither had obtained the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security to apply for admission to the United States.

This case was investigated by the State Department Diplomatic Security Service and U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Drake is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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