Posted on 09/20/2026 4:04:48 PM PDT by lightman
The Justice Department announced charges this week against 16 individuals in connection with illegal voting, illegal voter registration, and related election-fraud schemes across the country.
The charges include unlawful voting by non-citizens in federal elections, false claims of citizenship to register or vote, and related offenses including wire fraud, naturalization fraud, passport fraud, and unlawful firearm purchases uncovered during the course of these investigations.
Case details are as follows:
Northern District of Texas
This week, eight aliens residing in Texas are facing charges for alleged unlawful voting.
Moises Anwar Arellano‑Alba, 36, an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with a final order of removal, has been charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and a false statement of citizenship to register to vote.
Nigerian national, Helen Sayen Adams, 67, a lawful permanent resident since May 2024, was charged with Voting by an Alien in a Federal Election and False Statement of Citizenship to register to Vote.
Nigerian national, Joshua Nmelichukwu Akpom, 27, a lawful permanent resident since 2016, has been charged with false statements in relation to naturalization.
Mexican national, Carlos Salas Barrios, 41, a lawful permanent resident since 2018, has been charged by complaint with allegedly voting by an Alien in a Federal Election.
Indian National, Khalwinder Singh Bhengura, 69, a lawful permanent resident since 2022, has been charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and false statement of citizenship to register to vote.
Democratic Republic of Congo National, Celestin Katubadi, 20, a lawful permanent resident, has been charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and false statement of citizenship to vote.
Mexican national, Rocio Thrasher, 38, a lawful permanent resident since 2017, has been charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and false statement of citizenship to register to vote.
Western District of Texas
Mexican national Monica Carzoli, 46, a lawful permanent resident, admitted to registering to vote and then voting in the November 2024 election. Carzoli was arrested on criminal charges this week in Del Rio, Texas.
District of Idaho
Avila Gomez, an illegal alien from Mexico, allegedly claimed to be a U.S. citizen to register to vote and thereafter voted in May 2022 and November 2024. Additionally, Gomez allegedly fraudulently obtained Idaho identification cards while devising a scheme to defraud U.S. departments and agencies.
A federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, returned an indictment charging Gomez with Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, False Statement of Citizenship in Order to Vote, Voting by Alien, False Statement in Application of Passport, Fraud in Connection with Identification Documents Production, False Statement During Purchase of Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of Firearm.
Northern District of Georgia
Three aliens residing in Georgia are facing charges for illegally voting in U.S. elections.
Pauline Lewis, 65, a suspected illegal alien from Antigua and Barbuda, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging her with voting as a non-citizen in a federal election.
Gabriel Covarrubias, 44, a suspected illegal alien from Mexico, is alleged to have voted in person using a false name in the November 2024 federal election in addition to making a false statement in a U.S. passport application.
Analiea Milliscent Eccles, 44, an illegal alien from Venezuela and DACA recipient, voted nine times between 2008 and 2024. She appeared in federal court following her arrest on a criminal complaint charging her with voting as a non-citizen in a federal election and making a false claim of U.S. citizenship to vote in an election.
District of Massachusetts
Nigerian national, Gladys Adaeze Okafor, 56, a lawful permanent resident, has been arrested and charged with illegally voting in the 2022 elections and allegedly voting in the 2024 general election.
Western District of Wisconsin
Colombian national, Julieta Englestad, 53, a lawful permanent resident, is facing charges for falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen when registering to vote in the November 2022 federal election. If convicted, Englestad faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on the illegal registering to vote count and a maximum penalty of one year in prison on the illegal voting count.
District of New Jersey
Santana Coulibaly, an alien with lawful permanent residence. She registered to vote in October 2016, voted in federal elections in 2018 and 2020, and submitted a provisional ballot in the 2024 Presidential election. Additionally, Coulibaly made fraudulent statements in an application for Naturalization (N-400) she submitted in December 2021 and October 2024. Coulibaly was arrested this week.
Eastern District of Michigan
Russian national Victoria Viktorivna Aquilina, 43, registered to vote in 2023, and allegedly cast a vote in a U.S. election. Aquilina was charged today with illegally voting in the 2024 general election.
A complaint, indictment, and information merely contain accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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To begin the conversation, consider the following draft... Any alien, legal or otherwise, who
- registers to vote
- helps other aliens to register
- collects or disseminates voting materials (including ballots) - votes
- and or assists others to vote illegally (including swapping votes from registered ballots with illegal ones)..
Should be fined $10,000 per event, jailed 6 months-1 year per event, then sent home (and charged for the flight).
They need to investigate in Oregon-the mail in ballot capital of the US.
The islamocommies here are experts in fraudulent counting, ballot harvesting and completing ballots for illegals under different names. The ballot harvesters even visit the senior living facilities, nursing and rehab centers to “assist them in filling out their ballots” even if they are comatose or on hospice and unable to speak.
Wow! 16 people nationwide, out of ~200 million voters. Sounds like a real crime wave.
Tip, iceberg.
A troll has got a troll. Good to see ya out from under the bridge Bob
Good start. It’s the mail-in ballots that are the huge problem with vote fraud - why the lefties are fighting tooth and nail in the courts to keep mail-in ballots flowing...
From the vote fraud archives:
“64,000 mail-in ballots were xeroxed in the back of a conference room during the Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2020 election by Claire Woodall-Vogg, which were all for Joe Biden.
She was then caught on camera at 3:00 am on Nov. 4th uploading the fraudulent tabulated votes on flash drives without any chain-of-custody or election observers to steal Wisconsin for Joe Biden in the 2020 election”
“Maricopa County (Arizona): There were over 17,000 duplicate mail-in ballots that poured in after Election Day, there were over 6,000 more ballots than there were envelopes, some were stamped ‘verified and approved,’ even though they had no signature, which is against the law.”
Spencer Pratt was leading Communist Nithya Raman on election day in Los Angeles by 20k votes. A few days later, after mail-in and absentee ballots poured in, 50k votes were suddenly found for Raman putting her ahead of Pratt by 30k votes.
Note that more than half were “legal” aliens. Too often Freepers go after “illegal” aliens, which seems to give a free ride to legals and naturalized citizens.
The deport criteria should be the same for naturalized, legals and illegals: Deport those who
1) give aid and comfort to terrorists and enemies of the US.
2) murder, rape...DUI, Drunk n Disorderly
3) apply for welfare or benefits
4) lie on visas or other documents...voter registration being one of those other documents.
When is everyone going to learn to just ignore that a-hole?
Every voting poll should be covered by ICE. God Bless Them and every mailed in “ballot” should be inspected by CBP. It’s very important that we don’t let the illegal aliens, the Muzzie Terrorists and DSA (Damned Snowflake Azhos) Nazis steal this election. DopeyOpieTrannySnowflakeFreako needs his azz hung out to dry for all of his lies and misinformation.
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