Florida VA Center Wasn’t Ready for What This Man Had in His Pockets!

A Venezuelan woman is facing serious legal trouble after being caught with fraudulent immigration documents in Florida.

Federal authorities have charged 36-year-old Jhuliana Ceclilia Noriega Ron with possessing a fake U.S. Permanent Resident Card, commonly known as a Green Card. If convicted, she could spend up to 10 years in a federal prison.

The case unfolded on January 27, 2025, when a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) police officer noticed Noriega Ron driving erratically at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center. According to the complaint, she swerved across multiple lanes, prompting the officer to pull her over. When asked for her driver’s license, she failed to provide one and instead handed over a Venezuelan passport. She then agreed to a search of her vehicle.

What officers found inside the car led to immediate suspicion. Hidden in the center console were two fake Green Cards and two counterfeit Social Security cards. One of each bore Noriega Ron’s name, suggesting personal use of the fraudulent documents. Further investigation by U.S. Border Patrol confirmed that she had illegally entered the country. Authorities reported that she crossed the Texas border at Eagle Pass in September 2023.

“A criminal complaint is a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal law. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”

The case is now in the hands of the Department of Veterans Affairs – Office of Inspector General, VA Police, and U.S. Border Patrol. Prosecutor Adam W. McCall from the U.S. Attorney’s Office will lead the case against Noriega Ron.

With the growing concern over document fraud and border security, cases like this highlight the challenges law enforcement agencies face in identifying and stopping illegal activity. Whether Noriega Ron will take a plea deal or fight the charges remains to be seen, but the potential decade-long sentence shows how seriously the government is treating such offenses.