ALBANY – A Saugerties man
was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 months in federal prison followed by one-year
of supervised release in connection with his convictions for aggravated
identity theft and passport fraud.
As part of his October 12, 2016 guilty plea, John Staccio, 68, admitted
that in 1990 and 2011 he applied for and received a US passport using
the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of another person
without his knowledge or consent.
Staccio used the passport and lived abroad for some 25 years. He was apprehended
in 2016.
