{"id":148188,"date":"2023-10-06T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148188"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:06:45","slug":"illegal-alien-steals-disabled-veterans-identity-later-convicted-of-murder-under-that-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148188","title":{"rendered":"Illegal alien steals disabled veteran&#8217;s identity, later convicted of murder under that name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thank-military-service-by-voting-for-politicians-who-would-put-veterans-before-illegal-aliens.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thank-military-service-by-voting-for-politicians-who-would-put-veterans-before-illegal-aliens-221x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thank-military-service-by-voting-for-politicians-who-would-put-veterans-before-illegal-aliens-221x300.jpeg 221w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thank-military-service-by-voting-for-politicians-who-would-put-veterans-before-illegal-aliens-245x333.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thank-military-service-by-voting-for-politicians-who-would-put-veterans-before-illegal-aliens.jpeg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo Antoni Alfred came to the U.S. from Trinidad. He stole a veteran&#8217;s identity, managing to obtain the veteran&#8217;s birth certificate and Social Security card. In 1989, he was convicted of murder under the disabled veteran&#8217;s name. After release in 2014, Alfred continued to use the disabled veteran&#8217;s identity. The disabled veteran is left with trying to reverse the negative impacts this identity theft had on him.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From the Miami Herald:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lorenzo Antoni Alfred, 64, who lives in New York and is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, stole the veteran&#8217;s identity in 1988 to &#8220;illegally come&#8221; to the U.S. and was able to obtain his birth certificate and Social Security card, according to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Middle District of Florida. It&#8217;s unclear how Alfred obtained the man&#8217;s identification documents.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred was convicted of second-degree murder under the veteran&#8217;s name in 1989 in New York and wasn&#8217;t released from prison until 2014, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>After serving his prison sentence in New York, Alfred continued using the veteran&#8217;s identity and stole his benefits issued by the government, according to prosecutors, who didn&#8217;t specify the dollar amount of benefits he obtained.<\/p>\n<p>He also acquired identity documents and credit cards issued in the veteran&#8217;s name in New York and Florida &#8212; while the veteran dealt with the fallout from the decades-long identity theft, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The victim was harmed psychologically and financially by the offenses, including temporarily losing his government benefits and being unable to obtain credit in his name,&#8221; prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>By 2019, Alfred was living in Tampa, where he applied for a U.S. passport under the man&#8217;s name, according to prosecutors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additional information could be read at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/state\/florida\/article280111624.html\">Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Antoni Alfred came to the U.S. from Trinidad. 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