A man from the United Kingdom, residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was sentenced in a federal court in Boston for making false statements in an immigration case. Duncan Hollands, also known as Duncan Herd, pleaded guilty in January 2025 to providing false information during his application for lawful permanent residence in the United States.
U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced Hollands, 58, to time already served, which was one day, along with two years of supervised release. As a consequence of his conviction, he is facing removal proceedings. Hollands was initially charged by criminal complaint in August 2024.
Hollands applied for a Green Card in May 2021. During his application and interview in February 2022, he falsely claimed that he had never used another name and did not have any history with the criminal justice system. However, Hollands had previously been known as Duncan Herd and had a history of criminal convictions, including a sentence of over three years for obtaining property by deception. He also had criminal interactions in the UK and France.
The case was announced by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England; and Matthew O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service in the Boston Field Office. The investigation received support from several agencies, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, local police departments in Cambridge and Woburn, Massachusetts, and UK law enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Reynolds III of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
