A Dominican national residing unlawfully in Dorchester, Massachusetts, has been sentenced for identity theft. Luis Alison Roa Lara, 42, received a 27-month prison sentence followed by one year of supervised release from U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs in Boston. Upon completing his sentence, Roa Lara will face deportation proceedings.
In March 2025, Roa Lara pleaded guilty to charges including making a false statement on a U.S. passport application, aggravated identity theft, and misuse of a Social Security number. His arrest occurred in August 2024.
For nearly ten years, Roa Lara used the personal information of a Puerto Rican citizen to secure a Massachusetts driver's license and attempted to obtain a U.S. passport with it.
The case was announced by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Matthew O’Brien from the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service in Boston. The investigation received support from several agencies including the Detroit Resident Office of the Diplomatic Security Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Lorain Police Department in Ohio. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Sullivan led the prosecution.
