BALTIMORE, MD—A federal grand jury charged a Baltimore County man with passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, false statements and false representation of a social security number, authorities say.
Beautiful Life Allah, 65, also known as Tezelle Miller, of Gwynn Oak, is accused of using someone else’s social security number to apply for a passport, submitting a fake custody order to apply for a passport for his child and making false statements on passport applications between August 2022 and February 2023, according to the U.S. State’s Attorney’s Office.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. Hayes announced the indictment, along with David M. Richeson, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) — Washington Field Office, and Colleen Lawlor, Special Agent in Charge of the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General (SSA-OIG) — Philadelphia Field Division.
If Allah is convicted, he could face a maximum of 10 years in prison for passport fraud, a mandatory minimum sentence of two years for aggravated identity theft, up to five years for false statements and up to five years for false representation of a social security number, the office said. An indictment does not imply guilt. Individuals indicted are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a later criminal proceeding.
This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by a human editor.
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