Colombian Man Gets 3 Years for Identity Theft and Illegal Voting Over 20 Years

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo-Grajales was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for identity theft and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, a scheme DHS said let him vote in U.S. elections for about 20 years.
2003 marked the start of the fraud: prosecutors said he used a stolen name, birth date and Social Security number to obtain a U.S. passport, then a Florida driver’s license and voter registration.
2020 was among the elections in which he cast a ballot, and investigators said he also used the stolen identity to claim benefits and in 2017 secure lawful permanent residence for his fiancée, later his wife.
DHS cast the case as part of a broader crackdown on noncitizen voting and document fraud, with Secretary Markwayne Mullin citing findings that as many as 190,830 noncitizens were registered to vote in California.