A Venezuelan national residing in Kissimmee, Nerio Alberto Ortega Delgado, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his involvement in bank fraud and passport fraud. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza. Ortega Delgado had entered a guilty plea on September 4, 2025.
Court documents show that Ortega Delgado carried out a scheme where he deposited fraudulent checks into various bank accounts and withdrew or tried to withdraw the funds before the banks discovered the deception. He produced fake checks and used a counterfeit foreign passport along with other identification documents to assume a false identity. With this false identity, he established a shell company and opened fraudulent bank accounts. Ortega Delgado also recruited others by paying them to use their own bank accounts as part of the operation. The total amount involved in the attempted theft exceeded $867,000.
The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations. Special Assistant United States Attorney Matthew J. Del Mastro is prosecuting the case.
