Sentencing Handed Down For Man Accused Of Visa Fraud

UPPER MARLBORO, MD — A 55-year-old Upper Marlboro man has been sentenced for his role in visa fraud, officials said.

According to his guilty plea, Douglas Anthony Eze, who owns Largo Financial Services, illegally entered Canada in 1991 using a fraudulent passport. After Canada issued a deportation order in 1995, Eze fled. Then in 1997, he resurfaced in the United States, using the name and other identifying information of a Canadian citizen.

Eze, who knew the victim, also took the citizen’s Canadian birth certificate to apply for a green card in the United States. He eventually became a U.S. citizen under the stolen Canadian identity and then changed his last name to Eze, the guilty plea stated.

As a citizen under fraudulent pretenses, Eze adopted and sponsored two children for permanent residence in the United States, falsely declaring the stolen Canadian identity as his own in immigration documents for the children. Eze continued using the victim’s identity to apply for a U.S. passport, driver’s license and membership in the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network. The victim never gave Eze permission to use his identifying information, prosecutors stated.

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Eze to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for visa fraud. Eze also was fined $20,000.

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