Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Today the Justice Department announced charges involving 16 individuals, including an illegal alien, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote or to vote, voting on behalf the deceased, voting multiple times in the same election, false statements on citizenship applications, and unlawful procurement of citizenship.
Case details are as follows:
District of New Mexico
Patrick Perea, 62, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of fraudulent voting. Perea attempted to cast his deceased wife’s absentee ballot in the November 2024 general election by submitting it to the Bureau of Elections of the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office in Albuquerque.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
An illegal alien and three aliens have been charged with voting by an alien.
- Hacina Saadi, 48, an illegal alien from France, has been charged by information with voting by an alien during the 2024 election.
- Pakistani national Jamil Ahmad, 50, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by information with voting by an alien during the 2024 election.
- Pakistani national Nighat Jamil, 47, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by information with voting by an alien during the 2024 election.
- Portuguese national Paulo Silva, 54, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by information with voting by an alien during the 2024 election.
Portuguese national Paulo Silva, 54, a lawful permanent resident
Portuguese national Paulo Silva, 54, a lawful permanent resident
Southern District of Alabama
Two aliens have been charged with voting as an alien.
- Peruvian national Silvia Delgado Phelps, 78, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by criminal complaint with voting as an alien. Phelps allegedly voted in multiple elections in Baldwin County, Alabama, despite not being a U.S. citizen.
- Jamaican national Staciann Pollion Davis, 42, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by criminal complaint with voting as an alien. Davis allegedly voted in the November 2024 general election in Clarke County, Alabama, despite not being a U.S. citizen.
Jamaican national Staciann Pollion Davis, 42, a lawful permanent resident
Northern District of Alabama
Forrest Scott Woody, 68, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has been charged with illegally voting more than once. According to the indictment, Woody voted twice in the 2024 general election. In particular, he voted in Calhoun County, Alabama, after having already voted in the same election in Henderson County, North Carolina.
Western District of Missouri
Cuban national Andre’s Garcia, 64, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged with two counts of illegally voting in federal elections in November 2022 and November 2024. Garcia knew he was not a U.S. citizen but nevertheless claimed to be one when registering to vote in 2004 and again in 2013. Garcia has allegedly voted regularly for the last 20 years in at least 15 elections, including at least 13 federal elections.
Cuban national Andre’s Garcia, 64, a lawful permanent resident
Cuban national Andre’s Garcia, 64, a lawful permanent resident
District of Idaho
Canadian national Stanley Walton, 82, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged with unlawfully voting in the 2022 general election. Walton allegedly voted even though he was not a U.S. citizen.
District of New Jersey
Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, 24, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic, has been charged by criminal complaint with voting by an alien in a federal election and unlawfully procuring citizenship. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Rosa was not a citizen when she was registered to vote.
Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, 24, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic
Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, 24, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic
Southern District of Ohio
British national Cary Ann Patterson, 59, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged with illegally voting in a federal election as an alien. The complaint alleges that Patterson voted in November 2024. According to court documents, in 2005, the Gallia County Board of Elections received a voter registration card for Patterson in which “Yes” was marked in response to the question, “Are you a U.S. citizen?” Based on Gallia County Board of Elections records, Patterson allegedly voted in at least 10 elections as an alien.
Northern District of Ohio
Two aliens have been charged with unlawfully voting in a federal election.
- Pakistani national Arshed Zuberi, 69, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by criminal complaint with illegally voting in a federal election as an alien. He allegedly registered to vote in September 2015 and August 2016. On voter registration forms, Zuberi’s signature appears next to the declaration “I declare under penalty of election falsification I am a citizen of the United States.” Voting records from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections show that he voted in at least six elections.
- Filipino national Eliza M. Moss, 63, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully voting in a federal election as an alien. According to voting records, Moss registered to vote in September 2004 and in February 2023. On voter registration forms, her signature appears next to the declaration “I declare under penalty of election falsification I am a citizen of the United States.” Moss allegedly voted in several primary and general elections. According to the criminal complaint, Moss told investigators that the person who helped fill out her registration told her that she could vote despite not being a citizen.
District of Hawaii
Polish national Dawid Nalepa, 45, has been charged by information with unlawfully voting as an alien. Nepela came to the United States in or around 2020 through the Visa Waiver Program, which he overstayed before applying for permanent resident status. Nalepa was not a U.S. citizen when he allegedly cast a vote in the November 2024, general election. Nalepa understood he was not a citizen at the time he cast his ballot.
Western District of Kentucky
Canadian national Sandra Madeline Watson, 59, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged with illegal voting by an alien in a federal election. Watson allegedly voted in an election held for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of the President, Vice President, member of the Senate, or member of the House of Representatives, knowing she was not a U.S. citizen.
A complaint, indictment, and information merely contain accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.