Two men in Florida were convicted and sentenced to jail after being accused of fraud and forgery.
According to the court documents, the Florida men allegedly forged their signatures and fraudulently registered voters.
On November 22, 32-year old Devin Kang pleaded guilty to criminal use of personal identification and was sentenced to a year in jail, followed by probation, court records revealed.
His conviction came after his co-defendant Jordan Daniels pleaded guilty on November 3 to the same charge after being accused of forging signatures on voter registration forms and petitions for Constitutional amendments in Florida last year.
Court documents revealed that Daniels was ordered to pay about $2,000 in fines and do 100 hours of community service and was sentenced to 10 months followed by 14 months of probation.
The documents also showed that Daniels was arrested last November 2021 on a charge of identity theft of over 20 people. He was also arrested in June of this year on a charge of criminal use of personal information of over 10 victims.
In Daniel’s arrest report, it was revealed that Duval County elections officials noticed “a large number of voter registration forms turned in through a third party last summer that seemed suspicious,” adding that the “signatures that did not match, personal information that was wrong, and forms that normally arrived worn looking pristine.”
Both Daniels and King were arrested after investigators traced the forms to them. 10 of the forms were allegedly registered to 10 deceased people.
“The discovery of these attempts at fraud shows that the system here in Duval County and all of Florida is secure and trustworthy. Voters can have confidence that their information is secure and will be counted accurately,” Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan said in a statement during an exclusive interview with News4JAX last year.
The State Attorney’s Office claimed that the authorities believed Daniels and King were motivated by personal financial gain rather than politics.
Earlier this year, both Florida men were charged again, after they were accused of fraudulently signing petitions for constitutional amendments.
According to Hogan, all fraudulent petitions were thrown out.
