A Dominican national, Luis Alison Roa Lara, residing in Dorchester, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the misuse of a United States citizen's identity. The charges include making a false statement in a U.S. passport application, aggravated identity theft, and misuse of a Social Security number. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs has scheduled his sentencing for June 10, 2025.
Roa Lara was arrested and charged in August 2024 after it was discovered that he had been using the personal identifying information of a Puerto Rican citizen for nearly ten years. This information was used to obtain a Massachusetts driver's license and attempt to secure a U.S. passport.
The legal consequences for these offenses are significant. The charge of making a false statement in a passport application carries up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines up to $250,000. Aggravated identity theft requires a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, served consecutively with any other sentence, up to one year of supervised release, and fines reaching $250,000. Misuse of a Social Security number could result in up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines also up to $250,000. Following any imposed sentence, Roa Lara will face deportation.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley announced the plea alongside Matthew O’Brien from the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service Boston Field Office. They acknowledged assistance from several agencies including the Detroit Resident Office's Diplomatic Security Service; the United States Postal Inspection Service; and the Lorain (Ohio) Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Sullivan is handling the prosecution.
