The United States Justice Department, Eastern District of Louisiana announced on Thursday a Mexican national pled guilty and was sentenced for illegally using a social security number that was not his to obtain employment.
According to a press release Gregorio Galaviz-Zamora, age 60, a native of Mexico, was sentenced to time served and will be remanded to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal proceedings.
Court document show he submitted a fraudulent Form I-9 application and used a fraudulent social security card in the name of another person (emphasis mine):
"According to court documents, prior to August 14, 2019, Galaviz-Zamora submitted a fraudulent Form I-9 application in order to obtain employment with a construction company. He attested on the form that he was someone else. He used a fraudulent Social Security card in the name of the other person which also contained that person’s actual Social Security number as verification. In order to finalize employment with that company, he was required to take a safety course at another location on August 14, 2019. He once again provided the fraudulent Social Security card and number as proof of his identity, but an employee suspected the card was fraudulent and alerted Customs and Border Protection. Subsequent record checks confirmed his real identity."
