Illegal Alien Sentenced for Illegal Use of a Social Security Number
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANNAΒ — U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SERGIO GALVEZ-VELAZQUEZ, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to the illegal use of a Social Security Number.
U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced GALVEZ-VELAZQUEZ to seven months imprisonment and ordered that he pay a special assessment of $100.Β Following completion of his sentence, GALVEZ-VELAZQUEZ will be surrendered to the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal proceedings.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
According to court records, GALVEZ-VELAZQUEZ illegally obtained a Louisiana Identification Card from the Louisiana DMV office in Houma by using a Social Security number that did not belong to him.Β Β
U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, in investigating this matter. Β Assistant U.S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis was in charge of the prosecution.