CEDAR RAPIDS – A Guatemalan man who used false identification documents to obtain a job in Iowa was sentenced this week to six months in federal prison.
Jose Corio-Raymundo, age 40, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States, received the prison term after a June 5, 2018, jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of unlawful use of an identification document and one count of misuse of a social security number.
The evidence at trial showed that Corio-Raymundo used a fraudulent Social Security card bearing the social security number assigned to a United States citizen, and a fraudulent State of Iowa identification card when he completed an employment form on October 2, 2013, at a business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Corio-Raymundo also used the social security number of the United States citizen on state and federal tax forms. On the employment form, Corio-Raymundo falsely claimed to be a United States citizen. The investigation began when the Iowa Department of Transportation noticed that Corio-Raymundo was trying to register vehicles under a second social security number. Their investigation disclosed that Corio-Raymundo used the social security number to title vehicles, when he was arrested by police on traffic violations, and when he obtained employment at four businesses in Cedar Rapids.
Corio-Raymundo was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade. Corio-Raymundo was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Corio-Raymundo is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
so he will get to spend another 3 years in the us after prison? that doesn’t make any sense