Source: United States Department of Justice News
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CLAUDIA CAMEY DE PEREZ, a native of Guatemala, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on January 12, 2023 by Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to one year probation and payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for illegally using a social security number to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
According to court documents, on March 29, 2022, Homeland Security Investigations received information that certain individuals had used fraudulent Social Security cards in an initial application to obtain employment. Prior to finalizing employment with their prospective company, the individuals had to report to the Gulf Coast Safety Council, which provides safety courses to applicants applying for work with companies servicing petrochemical processing plants. On March 30, 2022, CAMEY DE PEREZ arrived at the Gulf Coast Safety Council office in St. Rose, Louisiana to complete the safety course to finalize her employment with Company “A.” On that day, CAMEY DE PEREZ presented a fraudulent United States Social Security card bearing the name and United States Social Security number of a United States citizen, which he represented to be her own, in order to obtain employment.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of Homeland Security Investigations in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Spiro G. Latsis is in charge of the prosecution.