A Mexican citizen living in Denison has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for misuse of a U.S. social security number. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, 39-year-old Eric Jimenez Del Carmen was sentenced to 21 months in federal custody last week following a negotiated plea. The charge stems from an investigation launched in November 2019 after Del Carmen applied for employment with Monogram Foods in Harlan using a social security number he knew had not been assigned to him. Department of Justice officials say Del Carmen unlawfully gained employment with the bacon-packaging company through this fraudulent action. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations Division and U.S. Social Security Administration oversaw the investigation.
