BOSTON (WWLP) – A federal grand jury in Boston indicted a former Chelsea man Thursday for misusing a Social Safety quantity and making false statements on a passport software.

Jose Ezequiel Reyes-Acosta, 48, was indicted for misusing his Social Safety quantity and mendacity on a United States passport software. At a later date, Reyes-Acosta will seem in federal courtroom in Boston.

In keeping with the charging paperwork, Reyes-Acosta, an El Salvadoran, utilized for a passport and a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Autos Actual ID utilizing one other particular person’s title and biographical data.

For misuse of a Social Safety quantity, you’ll be able to rise up to five years in jail, 3 years of supervised launch, and a effective of $250,000. False statements on a United States passport software can get you as much as 10 years in jail, three years of supervised launch, and a $250,000 effective. Federal district courtroom judges impose sentences primarily based on the U.S. Sentencing Pointers and legal guidelines that govern the dedication of a sentence.

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