Burlington Reporter

Nineteen people across North Carolina are facing one to 10 years in prison or up to a $250,000 fine if convicted of voter fraud and related offenses.

Matthew GT Martin, US Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, said that those charged voted in the 2016 federal election despite not being U.S. citizens, ABC 11 reported in September. One also allegedly voted illegally in the 2018 federal election.

Seven people were indicted Aug. 31 by a federal grand jury with violations for voting by a non-citizen, claim of U.S. citizenship by a non-citizen, and false statement in a voter registration application, ABC 11 reported. Those charged were Francisco Antonio-Aguirre, 64, of Dobson; Roob Kaur Atar-Singh, 57, of Raeford; Rosalva Negrete-Toledo, aka Rosalva Cortes, 65, of Winston-Salem; Dave Delano Virgil, 57, of Winston-Salem; Eloy Alberto Zayas-Berrier, 70, of Pelham; Emmanuel Olakunle Atoyebi, 31, of Greensboro, and Mokhtar Qaid Ahmed Gulaimid, 48, of Raeford.

Twelve people were charged on Aug. 13 with violating a code that prohibits non-citizens from voting in elections held to elect federal officials, ABC 11 reported.

Those charged in that instance, ABC 11 reported, were Ismay Prudence Kathleen James, 54, of Burlington; Donald Christian Martyn, 44, of Durham; Chaim Pinto, 68, of Raeford; John Andrew Rapsky, 54, of Chapel Hill; Baijoo Pottakulath Thomas, 58, of Durham, NC; Shuqin Yin, 54, of Landis; Chirong Yin Billings, aka Chirong Cummings, 56, of McLeansville; Henry Alberto Araya-Vega, 52, of Winston-Salem; Rufina Concho-Locklear, 75, of Greensboro; Alberto Damaize-Job, aka Alberto Damaize, 73, of Greensboro; Armando Nava-Juarez, aka Armando Nava, 51, of Linwood, and Manuel Efrain Valladares, 48, of Concord.