BATON ROUGE, LA, Sept. 18, 2025 – A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted a Guatemalan national residing unlawfully in the United States for fraud involving a government program designed to protect unaccompanied alien children (UAC).
According to court documents, Felix Coc Choc, 29, of Rogers, Arkansas, is charged with one count of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement and one count of aggravated identity theft. The indictment was unsealed today.
Authorities allege that after a 16-year-old Guatemalan UAC entered the United States illegally in January 2023, Coc Choc submitted an application to sponsor the child through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). In the application, Coc Choc allegedly used a false name and claimed to be the child’s brother, submitting a Guatemalan national identification card bearing the name “J.C.J.”
Investigators say Coc Choc initially denied using another person’s identity but later admitted the misrepresentation. He later submitted a second application under his true name, which was denied by ORR due to the previous alleged fraud.
If convicted, Coc Choc faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the false statement charge and a mandatory consecutive sentence of two years for the aggravated identity theft charge.
The case is being prosecuted by JTFA Trial Attorneys Aaron Jennen and Nicole Lockhart, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen Craig for the Middle District of Louisiana. It is part of Operation Take Back America, a DOJ initiative targeting illegal immigration, transnational criminal organizations, and violent crime.
The investigation was led by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and ORR.
