San Ysidro man sentenced to prison for posing as an ICE agent to defraud dozens of people
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Set us as preferred A San Ysidro man was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison for impersonating an ICE agent to defraud more than two dozen people, many of them undocumented immigrants seeking green cards and U.S.citizenship.Davyd George Brand Jimenez, 55, pleaded guilty in April to 10 counts of false impersonation of a federal officer and employee, two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of possession of fraudulent seals of departments and agencies of the United States, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
In his plea agreement, he admitted to tricking and defrauding at least 25 people into paying him at least $152,476.U.S.District Judge Fernando M.
Olguin adopted the recommendations from prosecutors and the defense and ordered that Brand serve 41 months concurrently with a sentence he is currently serving for a conviction in a drug case out of the Southern District of California, followed by an additional two year prison term.During the hearing, Brand, hands clasped behind his jail jumpsuit, said he owed the biggest apology “to the people who lost out.”“I apologize to them,” he said.Brand admitted in his plea agreement that from April 2019 through at least April 2023, in Orange County, he falsely claimed to be an ICE agent and told his victims that he could help them obtain work permits, legal United States residency, and U.S.
citizenship.He admitted to charging as much as $20,000 per “customer.”“Defendant’s offense conduct in posing as a federal officer and soliciting payments from victims is serious and undermined the federal government by suggesting that federal officers could be bribed for services,” Asst.
U.S.Atty.
Kevin Y.Fu wrote in his sentencing memo.
California A San Ysidro man is accused of a fake green card scheme, impersonating ICE agents and de...