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14 Jul2025
Defendant sold three fake Social Security cards and three Green Cards to an undercover officer
BOSTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Brazilian national for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation as well as selling fraudulent Social Security cards and Permanent Resident Cards, often referred to as Green Cards.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston recently announced that Liene Tavares DeBarros, Jr., 40, was sentenced to five months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. He is subject to deportation upon completion of the sentence.
Tavares DeBarros was previously deported from the United States in July 2010. Sometime after his removal, he unlawfully reentered the United States.
In mid-2024, law enforcement was notified that Tavares DeBarros was selling counterfeit identity documents. As part of the investigation, law enforcement contacted the defendant in an undercover capacity requesting his services. In October 2024, Tavares DeBarros sold a counterfeit Social Security card and a Green Card to an undercover officer in exchange for $250. In December 2024, Tavares DeBarros sold two more counterfeit Social Security cards and two Green Cards to another undercover officer in exchange for $500. In addition, before his arrest, DeBarros agreed to sell an additional three sets of identification documents. During a search of his home, three Social Security cards, as well as a false set of documents for DeBarros himself, were located.The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigation’s Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBTF), a specialized investigative group comprising personnel from various state, local, and federal agencies with expertise in detecting, deterring, and disrupting organizations and individuals involved in various types of document, identity and benefit fraud schemes.
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