The Brief
- A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for attempting to obtain two passports using stolen identities.
- He had previously been convicted of mail fraud and identity theft, after which he fled to California using a stolen identity passport.
- At the time of his recent passport fraud attempts, he was also under indictment for sexual assault of a child.
DALLAS – A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to apply for two passports using stolen identities.
The man pleaded guilty to his charges last year and received 100 months in federal prison in his Wednesday sentencing.
Stolen ID Passport Sentencing
Phillip Sean Anthony, 42, first applied for a passport on Aug. 16, 2023, using a birth certificate and a debit card under an identity the U.S. Attorney’s Office says he had stolen. After failing to receive that passport, he reportedly applied for another using a second stolen identity on Jan 2, 2024.
In a search of Anthony’s home, investigators say they found numerous pieces of identification he had stolen and used to apply for passports.…