Fugitive charged with posing as ICE agent, scamming California immigrants

Davyd George Brand Jimenez of San Ysidro charged each victim between $10,000 and $20,000, promising that he could help them, prosecutors say.

A federal grand jury indicted a San Diego County fugitive for impersonating a federal agent and defrauding more than 25 victims in Orange County seeking work permits, legal residency and U.S. citizenship, prosecutors announced Thursday, May 25.

Brand Jimenez, of San Ysidro, was named in a 25-count indictment, with 10 counts of false impersonation of a federal officer or employee, three counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, seven counts of fraudulent possession and use of U.S. government seals, three counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of misusing a United States passport, the office said in a news release.

Brand Jimenez showed a fake ICE badge when meeting with victims, and occasionally presented himself as a “G-18” federal official – a non-existent position, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

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