Juma Wajid
Introduction
Juma Wajid, a 38-year-old formerly of Gwinnett County, Georgia, and currently residing in Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to furnishing false, forged, and counterfeit U.S. passport cards — identity documents he created himself and moved through the mail to buyers, including an undercover purchase by law enforcement . The guilty plea, entered before U.S. District Court Judge Susan D. Wigenton, was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey on October 15, 2026 .
Background Information
Wajid, who also used the aliases “Jay Khan” and “Jamal Anthony,” was charged by information — a charging document filed by prosecutors rather than returned by a grand jury — and admitted the charge at his plea . The case sat at the intersection of document forgery and the mail system: the charge of furnishing a false passport to another person covers exactly what the plea admitted, that Wajid created fake passport cards and passed them to others through Postal Service channels .
The investigation was a multi-agency effort: special agents of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, New York Field Office, led the work, joined by postal inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and officers of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Pleaded guilty; sentencing pending. Wajid admitted furnishing counterfeit U.S. passport cards through the mail; the charge carries up to 10 years in prison.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, Wajid used an online account to send mailings that contained six or more fake U.S. passport cards and other identification documents that he created . In August 2024, law enforcement purchased five false U.S. passport cards, as well as additional documents, from Wajid — a controlled buy that put the admission to the test of an actual transaction .
Two details in the court record sharpen the picture. First, Wajid believed the false documents he created were going to be used to commit bank fraud — he knew what his product was for . Second, he ran the operation for payment in cryptocurrency, creating the documents and mailing them to an address in New Jersey in exchange for digital payment, a method chosen to obscure who was buying .
The charge of furnishing a false passport to another person carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the amount of money involved in the offense, whichever is greater .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer’s office, which credited the Diplomatic Security Service — the State Department’s law enforcement arm for passport and visa fraud — alongside the Postal Inspection Service and New Jersey’s state homeland security apparatus . The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Trevor A. Chenoweth of the Cybercrime Unit in Newark, reflecting the online and cryptocurrency dimensions of the offense .
A guilty plea to counterfeiting the documents most associated with federal identity — U.S. passport cards — is a serious admission, and the undercover purchase of five cards in a single transaction showed the operation was commercial in scale rather than a one-off favor .
Current Status
Wajid has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing; the release announcing the plea does not schedule a sentencing date, so none is stated here . The statutory maximum on the admitted charge is 10 years and a fine of up to twice the money involved; the actual sentence will be determined by the court under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Wajid’s forgery operation is finished: he has admitted in federal court to manufacturing and mailing counterfeit U.S. passport cards for cryptocurrency payment, with an undercover buy documenting at least five cards sold in one transaction . A federal felony conviction for furnishing false passports, with sentencing still ahead, leaves him facing up to a decade in prison and a fine that could reach twice the proceeds of the scheme.
Sources
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey — “Man Admits to Creating False U.S. Passports and Mailing Them to New Jersey” source