US Attorney's Office: Many Omaha ICE detainees won't be charged with Social Security fraud [View all]

Source: Omaha World Herald

Grace Lewis Jul 17, 2025 Updated 4 hrs ago

The U.S. attorney for the District of Nebraska says her office is unable to pursue criminal Social Security fraud charges against many detainees of the Omaha Glenn Valley Foods raid because of a “unique set of facts.”

The detainees in question were referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for fraudulent use of a Social Security number. But Interim U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods said the five-year statute of limitations expired for much of the Glenn Valley workforce.

Through a spokesperson, Woods told The World-Herald the Glenn Valley human resource officer failed to require federally mandated annual recertification of the employees’ I-9 documentation.

She said the lapse in recertification, a key step in the employment process that is necessary for pursuing criminal charges, allowed many of the workers to go more than five years without presenting fraudulent Social Security numbers to the federal government.


Gary Rohwer, CEO of Glenn Valley Foods, talks with reporters as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts a raid at the facility on June 10.
NIKOS FRAZIER, THE WORLD-HERALD

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