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June 14, 2019

N. Britain man guilty in stolen-ID scam

By Gregory Seay

A Dominican man living in New Britain faces a maximum 90-year prison term following his conviction on multiple charges tied to a stolen-identity scam, Connecticut federal prosecutors say.

A Bridgeport jury found Amaury Vladimir Reyes-Batista, 43, of the Dominican Republic, guilty of scamming about $124,000 from TD Bank branches where he deposited federal tax-refund checks obtained on the black market, the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Atop the maximum prison term that could be imposed when Reyes-Batista is sentenced Sept. 4, he also faces a possible deportation order, prosecutors say. He illegally re-entered the U.S. from the Dominican Republic in 1999 following deportation on his New York conviction for attempted heroin distribution.

Reyes-Batista was arrested on Feb. 3, 2015.  At the time, he provided a false name, date and place of birth, and Social Security Number to law enforcement, investigators said.  The identifying information Reyes-Batista provided belonged to an individual living in Puerto Rico.

The jury found Reyes-Batista guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit theft of public money, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years; eight counts of theft of public money, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years on each count, and one count of making false statements to law enforcement, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years. Reyes-Batista was found not guilty of 13 additional counts of theft of public money.

He is currently free on $100,000 bond.

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