BOSTON – A Brazilian national illegally residing in Boston pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for ineligible applicants, principally illegal aliens.
According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 27-year-old Gabriel Nascimento De Andrade pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to unlawfully produce and possess with intent to transfer identification documents. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sentencing for April 9, 2026. In December 2024, Nascimento De Andrade was charged along with four co-conspirators.
From in or about November 2020 through in or about September 2024, Nascimento De Andrade and his alleged co-conspirators fraudulently procured driver’s licenses for illegal alien customers who resided in states that prohibited illegal aliens from obtaining driver’s licenses. Prior to July 2023, illegal aliens residing in Massachusetts were not permitted to obtain Massachusetts driver’s licenses. Beginning in 2019, illegal aliens residing in New York became eligible to obtain New York driver’s licenses…