CEDAR RAPIDS – An illegal alien who possessed identification documents issued in the name of another real person was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
Carlos Lopez-Pinto, age 36, a citizen of Mexico, living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 21, 2014, guilty plea to one count of unlawful possession of identification documents.
In a plea agreement, Lopez-Pinto admitted that on March 2, 2012, claiming to be a U.S. citizen, he possessed and used a Social Security card and its Social Security Number and a State of Minnesota Identification Card to apply for work in Iowa under the name of another real person. Lopez-Pinto knew the Social Security Number had been issued to another real person as he had a copy of that person’s birth certificate. The fraudulent Minnesota Identification Card with Lopez-Pinto’s picture had a fictitious identification number.
Lopez-Pinto was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Lopez-Pinto was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Carlos-Pinto is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by agents from the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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