A Jamaican citizen living in Hartford has pleaded guilty to making a false statement on a U.S. passport application, according to federal authorities.
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian Wood, Special Agent in Charge at the Diplomatic Security Service’s New York Field Office, announced that Marlon Damian White, also known as Damian Marlon White, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford.
Court records show that White was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1995. He was later convicted of multiple offenses, including assault in New York state court and a federal narcotics distribution offense in the Southern District of New York. Following his federal conviction and a 24-month prison sentence, White lost his lawful permanent resident status and was deported to Jamaica in February 2006.
White subsequently returned to the United States and applied for a U.S. passport under a false identity on May 6, 2024, using fraudulent documents including a counterfeit birth certificate and driver’s license claiming he was born and lived in California.
Judge Oliver has scheduled sentencing for March 10. White faces up to ten years in prison and has been detained since his arrest on October 9, 2025.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Chen following an investigation by the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service.
“This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime,” according to the press release.