Fla. Man Arrested With 1,021 Stolen Puerto Rican Birth Certificates
Certificates Taken From Bureau of Vital Statistics
POSTED: 5:55 p.m. EDT September 18, 2003
UPDATED: 11:57 a.m. EDT October 5, 2003
FBI agents in Central Florida arrested a 26-year-old man in possession of more than 1,000 blank birth certificates reported stolen in Puerto Rico, according to Local 6 News.
Jose M. Aponte, 26, was arrested Thursday in Ocala, Fla., on federal charges
after authorities said he attempted to sell 1,021 blank birth
certificates to FBI agents.
The blank certificates, which could have been used for identity
theft, fraud or obtain a U.S. passport, were stolen from the Bureau
of Vital Statistics in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Aponte will remain in custody until a detention hearing in Ocala
on Wednesday.
Special agent Douglas Astralago said the arrest was part of an
ongoing investigation.
William Falls, special agent in charge of the FBI office in
Jacksonville, declined to comment on the facts of the
investigation.
Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth and its people are U.S.
citizens. A foreigner who fraudulently obtained a Puerto Rican
birth certificate could get a U.S. passport.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Jose M. Aponte, 26, was arrested Thursday in Ocala, Fla., on federal charges
after authorities said he attempted to sell 1,021 blank birth
certificates to FBI agents.
The blank certificates, which could have been used for identity
theft, fraud or obtain a U.S. passport, were stolen from the Bureau
of Vital Statistics in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Aponte will remain in custody until a detention hearing in Ocala
on Wednesday.
Special agent Douglas Astralago said the arrest was part of an
ongoing investigation.
William Falls, special agent in charge of the FBI office in
Jacksonville, declined to comment on the facts of the
investigation.
Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth and its people are U.S.
citizens. A foreigner who fraudulently obtained a Puerto Rican
birth certificate could get a U.S. passport.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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