by Sarah Kuta
Last updated: 7:45 PM ET, Tue June 17, 2025
Federal prosecutors are accusing a man of stealing an American citizen’s identity and falsely impersonating the victim on a cruise ship in Alaska.
Enrico Ronquillo, a 37-year-old Philippine national legally residing in the United States, has been charged with one count of false impersonation of a citizen of the U.S., one count of making and using a false document, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The charges come after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week, according to news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alaska.
Prosecutors allege that Ronquillo used a counterfeit California driver’s license and California birth certificate with the victim’s personal information for entry into a cruise ship’s manifesto. They also accuse him of making and using a fraudulent IRS Form W-9 that contained the victim’s name, signature, address and social security number while aboard the ship from May 11-14.
Officials did not reveal the name of the cruise ship.
If convicted, Ronquillo faces a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for each aggravated identity theft count, and up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the other two counts.
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