RALEIGH — A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a man found in Sampson County, charging him with fraud, misuse of visas and other documents and identity theft among various other offenses. He is facing a maximum penalty of nearly three decades in prison if convicted.
The indictments against Jose Juan Perez-Campozano, 47, of Mexico, charge him specifically with false attestation, fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, false representation of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft.
If convicted on the offenses, Perez-Campozano, listed as an “alien” found and apprehended in Sampson, would face maximum penalties of 27 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
Robert J. Higdon, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced the indictment against Perez-Campozano, whose case is one of many being investigated by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations.
Other cases were also the subject of grand jury indictments announced by Higdon. Among them were indictments charging Edwin Monroy-Abasolo, 30, of Mexico, Jose Quistian-Lupes, 34, of Mexico, and Oscar Geovani Olivera-Hernandez, 26, of Honduras, with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
“The charges and allegations contained in the indictments are merely accusations,” Higdon said in a prepared statement. “The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.”
If convicted of illegal reentry of a deported alien, Monroy-Abasolo, previously deported and found in Wake County, and Quistian-Lupes, previously deported and found in Wake County, would face maximum penalties of two years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
Olivera-Hernandez, previously deported twice and found in Wake County, is alleged to have been previously removed subsequent to an aggravated felony conviction (three counts of indecent liberties with a child). Therefore, if convicted, he would face a maximum imprisonment term of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.