San Ysidro man sentenced to prison for posing as an ICE agent to defraud dozens of people

A San Ysidro man was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison for impersonating an ICE agent to defraud more than two dozen people, many of them undocumented immigrants seeking green cards and U.S. citizenship.

Davyd George Brand Jimenez, 55, pleaded guilty in April to 10 counts of false impersonation of a federal officer and employee, two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of possession of fraudulent seals of departments and agencies of the United States, and one count of aggravated identity theft.

In his plea agreement, he admitted to tricking and defrauding at least 25 people into paying him at least $152,476…

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