U.S. v. CONCEPCION

Nos. CR 91-781, CR 91-821, CR 91-822, CR 91-844 to CR 91-848, CR 91-902, CR 91-936, CR 91-937, CR 91-1100, CR 91-1194, CR 91-1254, CR 91-1265, CR 91-1267, CR 91-1268, CR 91-1282, CR 91-1283, CR 92-264, CR 91-1165, CR 91-1253, CR 91-1266, CR 91-1299, CR 91-1374 to CR 91-1376, CR 92-157, CR 92-261 to CR 92-263, CR 92-372, CR 92-377, CR 92-384, CR 92-385, CR 92-553, CR 92-576, CR 92-696, CR 92-698, CR 92-857, CR 92-371, CR 92-224, CR 92-381, CR 91-1281, CR 93-30, CR 92-695, CR 91-942, CR 93-34, CR 93-33, CR 93-32, CR 93-31, CR 93-29, CR 93-28, CR 93-27, CR 93-26, CR 93-35, CR 93-283, CR 93-394, CR 93-292, CR 93-624, CR 93-396, CR 93-393, CR 93-392, CR 93-395, CR 93-391, CR 93-625 and CR 93-260.

825 F.Supp. 19 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America v. Martha CONCEPCION, a/k/a Martha Martinez, a/k/a Martha Morales, a/k/a Julianna Sanchez, a/k/a Sonia Serrano, a/k/a Gladys Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Ana MORILLO, a/k/a Rossi Colon, a/k/a Marta Fernandez, a/k/a Luz Lopez, a/k/a Gloria Velez, a/k/a Jeanette Ruiz, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Jane ARENDELL, a/k/a Maria Gonzalez, a/k/a Annette Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Dinorah CABA, a/k/a Digna Rios, a/k/a Dinorah Santana, a/k/a Maria Santana, a/k/a Maritza Santana, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Anna VEGA, a/k/a Ana Vega, a/k/a Ana Hernandez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Lourdes ARIAS, a/k/a Hilda Lopez, a/k/a Judy Ojeda, a/k/a Yvette Rivera, Francisca Vargas, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Esperanza LARA, a/k/a Maria Candeleria, a/k/a Anny Centreras, a/k/a Pura Concepcion, a/k/a Ivette Matos, a/k/a Janet Rivera, a/k/a Janet Rodriguez, a/k/a Milagros Soto, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mayra COLLADO, a/k/a Veronica Ayala, a/k/a Cristina Mejias, a/k/a Josephine Minaya, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria RAMIREZ, a/k/a Ana Moldonado, a/k/a Marina Ramirez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Patria Mabel MERCEDES, a/k/a Carmen Marrero, a/k/a Marcy Pelier, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Georgina CEPIN, a/k/a Maria Gonzalez, Margarita Rodriguez, a/k/a Evelyn Rosario, a/k/a Antonia Sanchez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria BAEZ, a/k/a Iris Cruz, a/k/a Maria Gonzalez, a/k/a Sara Gonzalez, a/k/a Yaraina Graciano, a/k/a Rosaura Lopez, a/k/a Elsa Rias, a/k/a Miriam Santana, a/k/a Sabrina Soto, a/k/a Maritza Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Griselina OGIRRI, a/k/a Griselina Altagracia Rodriquez de Then, a/k/a Griselina Then-Amparo, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Sonia JIMINEZ, a/k/a Maritza Cruz, a/k/a Patria Germosen, a/k/a Salina Salas, a/k/a Noemi Santiago, a/k/a Maribel Vega, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Calidad Reynoso Peralta MACK, a/k/a Marina Garcia, a/k/a Caridad Mack, a/k/a Maria Perez, a/k/a Diana Pons, a/k/a Sandra Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Flavia POLANCO, a/k/a Carmen Garcia, a/k/a Zurma Gonzalez, a/k/a Guillermina Rivera, a/k/a Xiomara Soto, a/k/a Xiomara Vargas, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Marilyn PEREZ, a/k/a Maria Rivera, a/k/a Sonya Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Elvira GARCIA, a/k/a Sonia Hernandez, Altagracia Pena, a/k/a Cesaria Rivera, a/k/a Flora Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Rosario LOPEZ, a/k/a Sara Calderon, a/k/a Maria Medina, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mercedes PERALTA, a/k/a Sandra Colon, a/k/a Melagros Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Virginia FIGUEROA, a/k/a Patris Gordon, a/k/a Lillian Navarro, a/k/a Juana Martinez, a/k/a Rita Pagan, a/k/a Mary Puig, a/k/a Rosa Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Theresa Amelia ROMAN, a/k/a Gladys Arias, a/k/a Pamela Gonzales, a/k/a Sandra Ortega, a/k/a Mirna Perez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Delores VARGAS, a/k/a Olga Almondovar, a/k/a Nelly Garcia, a/k/a Rosario Lopez, a/k/a Gladys Taveras, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Bertha ESCOBAR, a/k/a Marina Marrero, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Alison POLANCO, a/k/a Andrea Garcia, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria VARGAS, a/k/a Betty Hernandez, a/k/a Caridad Nunez, a/k/a Delia Valentin, a/k/a Esther Vargas, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Romula REAL, a/k/a Nancy Cepero, a/k/a Brenda Diaz, a/k/a Marina Diaz, a/k/a Alexandra Gomez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Victor HEREDIA, a/k/a Juan Colon, a/k/a Victor Delgado, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Jacqueline PEREZ, a/k/a Miguelina Cordero, a/k/a Yaquelin Perez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Miriam SOSA, a/k/a Ivette Clemente, a/k/a Maria Mojica, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Elena Garcia RAMOS, a/k/a Elena Gonzales, a/k/a Ligia Ramos, a/k/a Ana Serano, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Eleuteria FERNANDEZ, a/k/a Mitilde Figueroa, a/k/a Carmen Pagan, a/k/a Myrna Santiago, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Onfalia RAMOS, a/k/a Lisette Carrillo, a/k/a Ruth Gonzales, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Lucia TRINIDAD, a/k/a Azecuna Echevarria, a/k/a Caridad Soto, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Cruz PENA, a/k/a Antonia Pacheco, a/k/a Elena Velez, Defendant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Mercedes DIAZ, a/k/a Sandra Acosta, a/k/a Lisette Carillo, a/k/a Ziamara Colon, a/k/a Eva Diaz, a/k/a Idalia Escobar, a/k/a Josephine Ojeda, a/k/a Bernice Ortiz, a/k/a Ladisloa Sanchez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria BURDIE, a/k/a Antonia Gonzales, a/k/a Cecilia Lopez, a/k/a Francia Martinez, a/k/a Zaida Mendez, a/k/a Maria Ovalle, a/k/a Milagros Rivera, Amarilis Rodriguez, a/k/a Evarista Santana, a/k/a Maria Santana, a/k/a Lola Santos, a/k/a Lucia Tejeda, a/k/a Victoria Valdes, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Dinorah DOMINGUEZ, a/k/a Vanessa Arango, a/k/a Raisa Meja, a/k/a Minerva Perez, a/k/a Altagracia Ramos, a/k/a Juana Reyes, a/k/a Ada Rodriguez, a/k/a Karen Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Gloria Martinez DELGADO, a/k/a Catalina Arroyo, a/k/a Aura Garia, a/k/a Victoria Irizarry, a/k/a Mercedes Mendez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Milagros PICHARDO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Marisol ARIAS, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Carlista FIGUEROA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Sofia Yolando HEREDIA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria LAZALLA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Altagracia GRAVELY, a/k/a Miriam Cruz, a/k/a Sara Garcia, a/k/a Carmen Medina, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Yoselis OROSCO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Angelita MORILLO, a/k/a Mayra Baez, Rafael Baez, a/k/a Rausa Baez, Rosa Ortiz, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Lina PICHARDO, a/k/a Ziomara Burgos, a/k/a Marisela Soto, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Juana DeRAMOS, a/k/a Maria Davila, a/k/a Ingrid Gonzales, a/k/a Monica Mojica, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Leonardo SALAS, a/k/a Rossana Lopez, a/k/a Esther Ortiz, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Hilda ALVAREZ, a/k/a Mayra Morales, a/k/a Grecia Obosio, a/k/a Hilda Ortiz, a/k/a Jacqueline Suarez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Lora EDITA, a/k/a Josephina Gonzales, a/k/a Minerva Marrero, a/k/a Altagracia Martinez, a/k/a Nurys Rivera, a/k/a Teresa Solis, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Dani MONFORT, a/k/a Nellie Duncan, a/k/a Madelyn Ortiz, a/k/a Danillea Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Pedro Lopez ACEVEDO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Servia ZAITER, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Tomasa Lopez DeVARGAS, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Katherine JACKSON, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Altagracia SALAZAR, a/k/a Loida Cruz, Marceline Cruz, a/k/a Antonia Gonzales, a/k/a Josefina Tavares, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Caridad NUNEZ, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Fernando DIAZ, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Luz PORTUHUNDO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Luz APONTE, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Nydia MARTINEZ, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mercedes MASON, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Renaldo TOLENTINO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Rosa De La CRUZ, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria Emilia VARGAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

June 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY by Gordon Mehler and Michael Considine, Asst. U.S. Attys., for U.S.

Steven Gold, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Investigation, New York City, for City of New York.

Edward Kratt, New York City, for Virginia Figueroa.

Jake LaSala, Kew Gardens, NY, for Roman.

Richard Rosenkrantz, Brooklyn, NY, for Delores Vargas.

John Apicella, Brooklyn, NY, for Escobar.

Lawrence Vogelman, New York City, for Polanco.

Joel Cohen, New York City, for Maria Vargas.

James Kousouros, Kew Gardens, NY, for Real and Fernandez.

Lori Levenson, Brooklyn, NY, for Heredia.

Edward Panzer, New York City, for Carlista Figueroa.

Peter Birkett, Brooklyn, NY, for Perez.

Harold Pokol, New York City, for Sosa.

Hal Myerson, New York City, for Elena Garcia Ramos.

Richard Berne, Bronx, NY, for Onfalia Ramos.

Richard Rosenberg, New York City, for Trinidad.

Bruce Smirti, Willington Park, NY, for Pena.

Debra Baker, New York City, for Diaz.

Nicholas DeFeis, New York City, for Burdie.

Lloyd Epstein, New York City, for Dominguez.

James Neville, New York City, for Delgado.


AMENDED SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge:

These cases involve poor people, primarily women from the Dominican Republic, who stole from the federal government by using false names to open fraudulent welfare cases. In its investigation the government uncovered some one thousand such false cases.

Warrants have been issued for 115 persons. Seventy-seven of them have been arrested to date. The rest are fugitives. All who have...

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