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And this is one we know of, you can bet there are more of these such cases. Stolen SSN's are a huge problem.
An illegal immigrant used the stolen identity of an American to sign up for Medicare and collect some $400,000 in taxpayer-funded care — including getting a kidney transplant that would have gone to a U.S. citizen.
Jeremias Otoniel Herrera Rosales, who is Guatemalan, spent more than a decade living under the name Daniel Glenn Guerra. He wasn’t able to hold a job due to his poor health, but he did live off government assistance that he received because he was using an American’s identity.
That included getting the kidney transplant in 2019, paid for by Uncle Sam.
He was sentenced this week in Sioux City, Iowa, to 16 months in prison.
Prosecutors said — and Rosales admitted — that meant someone else missed out on the chance to get the kidney.
“The defendant took and received an organ transplant under a false identity from someone else that otherwise would have obtained it,” Ronald Timmons, an assistant U.S. attorney, told the court.
Rosales was convicted along with his wife, Jennifer Guadalupe Herrera, and Jaklyn Guerra, her sister. Both women are U.S. citizens. They were sentenced to a one-month imprisonment.
All three were ordered to pay a total of half a million dollars in restitution.
The stolen identity belonged to Guerra’s son, who lived under another name most of his life and was surprised to learn someone was using his real name, according to the investigator who pursued the case.
At some point, the identity victim confronted Rosales, according to court documents.
Investigators also confronted Rosales in 2020. They figured that would put a stop to his fraud.
When they went to arrest him last year they were surprised to find he was still using the stolen identity and collecting Medicare benefits.
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www.washingtontimes.com
An illegal immigrant used the stolen identity of an American to sign up for Medicare and collect some $400,000 in taxpayer-funded care — including getting a kidney transplant that would have gone to a U.S. citizen.
Jeremias Otoniel Herrera Rosales, who is Guatemalan, spent more than a decade living under the name Daniel Glenn Guerra. He wasn’t able to hold a job due to his poor health, but he did live off government assistance that he received because he was using an American’s identity.
That included getting the kidney transplant in 2019, paid for by Uncle Sam.
He was sentenced this week in Sioux City, Iowa, to 16 months in prison.
Prosecutors said — and Rosales admitted — that meant someone else missed out on the chance to get the kidney.
“The defendant took and received an organ transplant under a false identity from someone else that otherwise would have obtained it,” Ronald Timmons, an assistant U.S. attorney, told the court.
Rosales was convicted along with his wife, Jennifer Guadalupe Herrera, and Jaklyn Guerra, her sister. Both women are U.S. citizens. They were sentenced to a one-month imprisonment.
All three were ordered to pay a total of half a million dollars in restitution.
The stolen identity belonged to Guerra’s son, who lived under another name most of his life and was surprised to learn someone was using his real name, according to the investigator who pursued the case.
At some point, the identity victim confronted Rosales, according to court documents.
Investigators also confronted Rosales in 2020. They figured that would put a stop to his fraud.
When they went to arrest him last year they were surprised to find he was still using the stolen identity and collecting Medicare benefits.
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Illegal immigrant uses stolen identity to get kidney transplant — on taxpayers’ dime
An illegal immigrant used the stolen identity of an American to sign up for Medicare and collect some $400,000 in taxpayer-funded care — including getting a kidney transplant that would have gone to a U.S. citizen.
www.washingtontimes.com
