A Jamaican national pleaded guilty Monday in Charleston to identity theft.
Roland Jason Duckett, 31, admitted he used another person's identity in an attempt to obtain a U.S. passport, according to a news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto's office.
Duckett admitted that he entered the U.S. from Jamaica in 2007 and stayed until after his visa expired. In August 2015, he paid another individual for the use of identification documents, including that person's birth certificate and Social Security card, the release states.
Duckett used the documents to obtain a West Virginia driver's license in the individual's name.
Last November, he mailed a passport application from Charleston in an attempt to obtain a passport. His application was flagged for fraud and he never received the passport.
Agents with the Diplomatic Security Service of the U.S. Department of State uncovered the fraud and determined Duckett's true identity, according to the release.
He faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced July 8.