U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren (District of Kansas) has issued the following statement a short while ago regarding Ted Floyd AKA: Natan Levi:
Theodore Riley Floyd, 28, Lakewood, N.J., pleaded guilty Monday to one count of making a false statement on an application for a passport and using the passport to assume another man’s identity.
Floyd was indicted Feb. 6, 2008, under the name John Doe also known as Nathaniel James Levi. Since then, he has been identified as Theodore Riley Floyd.
In his plea, Floyd admitted that on March 28, 2002, he submitted an application for a U.S. passport to the Corporate Hills U.S. Post Office in Wichita, Kan. He submitted the application using the name and Social Security number of Nathaniel James Levi, who is a deceased veteran of the United States Navy. Floyd received the passport and used it to help him assume Levi’s identity for fraudulent purposes.
“Our office has received several inquiries from members of an Hasidic community in New Jersey who accepted Mr. Floyd while he was using the stolen identity,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. “But those events took place after the crime to which he is pleading guilty. Other authorities will have to determine whether any crimes were committed in their jurisdictions.”
Floyd, who is being held in federal custody in Kansas, is set for sentencing July 14. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
Melgren commended the Diplomatic Security Service of the U.S. Department of State, the Social Security Administration – Office of Inspector General and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson for their work on the case.
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But does anyone know WHY this man assumed a false identity? That seems to be the $64,000.00 question. Moreover his taking a quilty plea without any sort of a deal on sentancing, tells me he doesn’t want that question answered.
They still dont know why he did it?
Do we know why Floyd did this yet> Who was he hiding from and why?
the question remains—why did he pretend to be a frum person and whyd he run to lakewood of all places and make up more and more lies (like that he was a ger and stuff like that)
He did cut a deal and will receive one year and a day. Will actually sit only nine or ten months.
I just think it’s funny they’re calling lakewood a hasidic community.
who was mesader kiddushin?
we’ll never found out — no one will own up to it!
Maybe he is a Tzaddik Nistar, the 37th of the Lamed-Vov Tzaddikim>
If he has good behavior behind bars he may just be by chavrusa tumult next week.
Maybe he wanted to fit into the jewish community. Or maybe he found out Netan Levy’s s.s. number, and decided to have fun. Probobly not, but you never know!
I dona’t think that he did anything particularly wicked. Could be that his wife who had a proper giyures wanted to marry a Jew, and he didn’t want to tell her that he wasn’t. we may never know.
to shalom in Israel #11:
the question still stands — who was mesader kiddushin?
also, i read that he’s demanding kosher food in prison! (true)
will he be giving daf yomi? (not true)
I am surprised how young he is to pull off such an ordeal! If he is 28 now, then he was 22 when he did this passport thing. That is pretty young!