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The United States Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
ALAN RODRIGUEZ VARGAS PLEADS GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Helena on December 14, 2006, before Senior U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell, ALAN RODRIGUEZ VARGAS, aka ALAN RODRIQUEZ, aka ENRIQUE GONZALEZ, a 30-year-old resident of Mexico, pled guilty to misuse of a Social Security number. Sentencing is set for March 8, 2007. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On August 6, 2002, VARGAS used a false Social Security number on an application to obtain a Montana driver's license bearing his photograph from the Motor Vehicle Division of the Montana Department of Justice.
A review of Department of Homeland Security records showed that VARGAS is a citizen of Mexico and an alien and did not have permission to work in the United States.
VARGAS faces possible penalties of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Horsman prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Montana Department of Justice, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.
United States Attorney's
Office for the District of Montana
P.O.
Box 1478
Billings, MT 59103
CONTACT
Kurt Alme
First Assistant U.S. Attorney
(406) 246-4669