Man Gets 21 Months in Prison on Social Security Number Charge

CONCORD, NH — Gordon Daigle a.k.a. Gordon Hill, 38, of Epsom, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing a Social Security number, according to a press statement from U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice. According to documents and statements made in court, on April 6, 2015, Daigle applied for a New Hampshire Non-Driver Identification Card using another person’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number.

"Daigle produced a Social Security card and a birth certificate in the other person’s name with his application to the Department of Motor Vehicles as means of identification," according to Rice. "On May 23, 2016, Daigle was apprehended by the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force as a result of warrants issued by the Wyoming Board of Parole and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Parole Board for parole violations."

Daigle provided Task Force officers with the other person’s name, and he was in possession of the New Hampshire Non-Driver Identification Card issued in the other person’s name, but bearing his picture, and the matching Social Security card when he was taken into custody.

Fingerprint analysis confirmed that the individual arrested by the Joint Fugitive Task Force was Daigle.

Daigle, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2016, will serve three years of supervised release after he is released from custody.

The case was investigated by the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General and the United States Marshal’s Service, and prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Karen Burzycki.