Julio Cucul-Bol, a 29-year-old Guatemalan national, stands accused by a federal grand jury of fraudulent identification offenses, including possession of counterfeit documents and making a false statement, according to a recent Justice Department announcement .

The indictment, which was returned on May 6, alleges that Cucul-Bol, who has ties to both Rantoul and Urbana, Illinois, unlawfully asserted an alias, claiming to be Juan Jahaziel Saenz Suarez during a November 10, 2023, bank application transaction at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, and also misused a passport in the process. On January 19, 2025, he was found in possession of what are being called sham Permanent Resident and Social Security cards.

Should the courts find Cucul-Bol guilty on these charges, he faces severe penalties—up to a decade in prison, hefty fines possibly topping at a quarter-million, and supervised release extending up to three years for each identification fraud count. The false statement on the bank application carries its weighty consequences, with potential imprisonment spanning 30 years and fines up to $1,000,000, in addition to a possible five-year period of supervised release.

Investigative efforts by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Urbana Police Department culminated in these charges; Assistant U.S. Attorney William J. Lynch is handling the government's side of the prosecution in this intricate case, a case that pulls at the threads of an individual's attempt to weave through the fabric of American bureaucracy with duplicity stitched into his every step.

As is the protocol, the public should bear in mind that an indictment does not equate to guilt—the accused is considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the eyes of the justice system. With the court proceedings ahead, the full truth of Julio Cucul-Bol's actions and intentions will come under the scrutiny of the American legal process.