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Lafayette woman sentenced to federal prison for using false Social Security number
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – A Lafayette woman was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for fraudulently using a made-up Social Security number, authorities said.
Sommers N. Robertson, 45, of Lafayette, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 21 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for false representation of a Social Security number.
Robertson pleaded guilty on May 30, and admitted that she knowingly provided the Social Security Administration with false documents and purported to be an individual she was not in order to obtain a Social Security card with the intent to deceive.
According to information presented in court, on Oct. 12, 2022, law enforcement officers encountered Robertson after receiving a complaint that she had leased an apartment under fraudulent pretenses. During a subsequent records check, the officers discovered the existence of active warrants for Robertson’s arrest, and she was arrested.
During her arrest, officers observed and seized identity documents from the apartment which included driver’s licenses, state identification cards, Social Security cards, along with other documents displaying personally identifiable information belonging to other people.
One of the Social Security cards showed a name with the initials M.F.M., which had been issued on Sept. 8, 2022. Court records show she met with an SSA service representative on that date and claimed that she was the individual with the initials of M.F.M., and she requested that a new Social Security number card be issued to her.
Robertson provided false documentation, including a driver’s license in that name which had been issued by another state, along with their place of birth, parents’ names, and Social Security number. Because of these false representations, the SSA issued a Social Security number to an address provided by Robertson.