San Ysidro man accused of posing as ICE officer, stealing thousands from undocumented immigrants [Breaking]
Federal authorities are looking for a San Ysidro man wanted for allegedly impersonating a U.S. immigration officer in order to defraud undocumented immigrants who hoped to adjust their status.by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana on Wednesday and is facing 25 counts ranging from impersonating a federal officer to mail fraud.
According to the indictment, Brand Jimenez pretended to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and showed a fake badge to his victims beginning around April 2019 and continuing through April of this year. The filing says that he told undocumented immigrants that he could get work permits, green cards and even U.S. citizenship for them if they paid him.
In some cases, the indictment says, he provided falsified paperwork to his victims, including a fabricated stay of deportation order. In others, he allegedly provided stolen ID cards belonging to either a green card holder or U.S. citizen.A request for comment sent to an email address believed to belong to Brand Jimenez went unanswered.
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