Lowell Dominican Illegal Alien Allegedly Obtains $44,000 in Unemployment, SNAP Using Stolen Identity

Dominican national living in Lowell accused of using stolen identity to steal nearly $45K in pandemic, food benefits

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors say a Dominican national living in Lowell spent years posing as someone else, collecting nearly $45,000 in unemployment and food benefits and causing the real victim decades of credit damage before investigators uncovered the alleged scheme.

Lowell Dominican Illegal Alien Allegedly Obtains $44,000 in Unemployment, SNAP Using Stolen Identity

Defendant allegedly used stolen identity to receive approximately $30,000 in unemployment benefits and approximately $14,000 in SNAP benefits. BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Lowell has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a stolen identity to fraudulentl