Overview

• U.S. District Judge Ada Brown imposed a 100-month prison term on June 26 following Anthony’s November guilty plea for false statements in passport applications and aggravated identity theft.
• Court records detail his first passport application on August 16, 2023, using a stolen birth certificate and debit card, and a second on January 2, 2024, under a different stolen identity.
• During a home search in Fort Worth, agents from the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service recovered multiple stolen birth certificates, driver’s licenses and financial cards tied to his fraud schemes.
• Prosecutors said Anthony previously served 84 months for mail fraud and identity theft and fled to California for three years using another fraudulent passport.
• Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan P. Niedermair led the Northern District of Texas prosecution and confirmed there are no further public motions pending in the case.