Guatemalan Woman Sentenced After Unlawfully Using Identification Document

A woman who unlawfully used a social security card was sentenced today to 109 days in federal prison. Cindy Fabiola Santos-Perez, age 35, a citizen of Guatemala, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of unlawful use of an identification document.

In a plea agreement, Santos-Perez admitted that on December 15, 2020, Santos-Perez used a fraudulent social security card to prove her authorization to work in the United States. On April 13, 2021, she again used a fraudulent social security card to prove her authorization to work in the United States. On May 17, 2022, she falsely represented a social security number to be her account number, and she did so with the intent to deceive.

Santos-Perez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Santos-Perez was sentenced to 109 days' imprisonment. She must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations, and the Postville Police Department.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 25-CR-2005.

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