Hattiesburg, Miss – Former Mississippi Department of Public Safety employee Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel, and Jose Martel Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, all pled guilty in federal court on August 18, 2014, to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond Parmer, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations.
The conspiracy involved the sale by Gomez and Rivera of authentic Texas birth certificates with matching social security cards to illegal aliens, and the subsequent purchase of Mississippi drivers’ licenses and state IDs, with the assistance of Perkins who worked at the Laurel driver’s license bureau.
The defendants will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on October 27, 2014. The maximum penalty for conspiracy is 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
This case is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Annette Williams is prosecuting the case.
SOURCE: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Mississippi
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