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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
June 23, 2008
NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED TO 1 YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRYING TO GET A PASSPORT USING STOLEN IDENTITY
WICHITA, KAN. – Theodore Riley Floyd, 28, Lakewood, N.J.,was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for using the stolen identity of a deceased Navy veteran to apply for a U.S. passport.
The defendant, who was indicted Feb. 6, 2008, under the name John Doe, later was identified as Theodore Riley Floyd. In April, he pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement on an application for a passport.
In his plea, Floyd admitted that on March 28, 2002, he submitted an application for a U.S. passport to the Corporate Hills U.S. Post Office in Wichita, Kan. On the application, he used the name and Social Security number of Nathaniel James Levi, who is a deceased veteran of the United States Navy. Floyd received the passport and used it to help him assume Levi’s identity for fraudulent purposes.
“At the time he was arrested, Mr. Floyd was living in an Hasidic community in New Jersey and using the stolen identity,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. “This prosecution focuses on the federal crime that occurred in Kansas and not any other matters in which Mr. Floyd may have been involved.”
Melgren commended the Diplomatic Security Service of the U.S. Department of State, the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector General and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson for their work on the case.
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