Man Charged With Stealing US Identity to Get Passport, Driver’s License, and to Vote

The Colombian posed as a U.S. citizen ’to obtain a Florida driver’s license on three occasions and to vote in the November 2020 general election,' the DOJ said.

A traveler takes out his passport before checking in at San Diego International Airport on Jan. 8, 2006. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

A Colombian national stole the identity of an American citizen to secure a passport, a driver’s license, and to vote in the federal election, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Nov. 17 statement.

The indicted individual is Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales, 55, from Jacksonville, Florida. “According to the indictment, Grajales is a Colombian citizen who used the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of a U.S. citizen to apply for a passport,” the DOJ said.