Revealed! Identity of 44-year-old Nigerian indicted in US for voting fraud

Revealed! Identity of 44-year-old Nigerian indicted in US for voting fraud

Voting in America

A federal grand jury in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States returned indictments Friday on nineteen foreign nationals charged with voting fraud. Among them is Elizabeth Nene Amachaghi, 44, a Nigerian. They were accused of voting in the 2016 US election without being recognized as US citizens.

Wect.com reports that a 20th defendant is charged with aiding and abetting a fellow defendant in falsely claiming US citizenship in order to register to vote.

According to a US Department of Justice news release, the following foreign nationals are charged with false claim of United States citizenship in order to register to vote, and voting by an undocumented immigrant:

Jose Cruz Solano-Rodriguez, 41, of Mexico

Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, 63, of Mexico

Sarah Emilia Silverio-Polanco, 35, of the Dominican Republic

Elizabeth Nene Amachaghi, 44, of Nigeria

Maria Rufina Castillo-Boswell, 31, Philippines

Dora Maybe Damatta-Rodriguez, 64, of Panama

Elvis David Fullerton, 54, of Grenada

Olive Agatha Martin, 71, of Guyana

Kaoru Sauls, 54, Japan

Charges of voting by an undocumented immigrant were filed against the following foreign nationals:

Jose Jaime Ramiro-Torres, 52, of El Salvador

Juan Francisco Landeros-Mireles, 64, Mexico

Alessandro Cannizzaro, 46, of Italy

Dieudonne Soifils, 71, of Haiti

Hyo Suk George, 69, of Korea

Merius Jean, 54, of Haiti

Rosemarie Angelika Harris, 60, of Germany

Daniel Tadeusz Romanowski, 39, of Poland

An eighteenth defendant, Diana Patricia Franco-Rodriguez, 26, of Mexico, is charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, and voting by an undocumented immigrant.

Denslo Allen Paige, 66, is charged with aiding and abetting Espinosa-Pena in falsely claiming United States citizenship in order to register to vote.

On Aug. 14, Ramon Esteban Paez-Jerez, 58, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to passport fraud and voting by an undocumented immigrant. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11 in New Bern.