The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Nov. 2 that it had charged 63 people across the United States with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and other election-related crimes ahead of the midterms.
Four of the individuals were identified as illegal immigrants, according to a DOJ statement.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said this was “the largest surge of voter-fraud arrests” since President Donald Trump’s return to office last year.
At least 195 aliens across 25 states have been charged with illegal voting and registration offenses over the past nine weeks, according to the department.
A total of 239 individuals have been charged with voting-related offenses since Trump’s second term began, it added.
“These foreign nationals allegedly took advantage of the trust of the American people and flouted the laws that govern our nation’s elections. This Department of Justice will continue investigating and prosecuting voter fraud to restore confidence in our electoral system,” Blanche said.
The latest indictments involved individuals in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.
The department said the defendants were accused of illegally voting, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and filing fraudulent voter registration applications in other states.
One of the defendants, Elizabeth Margaret Crudup, a 52-year-old Kenyan national and lawful permanent resident in North Carolina, was charged with falsely claiming citizenship and illegally voting. Crudup allegedly registered to vote in 2008 and cast ballots in nine general elections between 2008 and 2024, according to the DOJ.
Another defendant in North Carolina, Gregory Eugene Wade, a Bermudan national with lawful permanent resident status, was charged with similar offenses. The 64-year-old allegedly registered to vote in 2000 and voted in 12 general elections through 2024.
In California, six people were charged with making false statements on their naturalization applications, including a 43-year-old Filipino national, Sirgalahad Camua, a lawful permanent resident.
Camua allegedly registered to vote in 2009 by falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen and cast mail-in ballots in 2020, 2024, and 2026. In May 2025, he applied for naturalization but denied ever claiming to be a U.S. citizen or registering to vote in U.S. elections.
It is unclear whether the defendants have been assigned legal representatives at the time of writing.
The Trump administration has sought to prevent counting ballots cast by voters it suspected were noncitizens.
Last month, the DOJ sued California to prevent the counting of 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by suspected noncitizens. A federal district judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the request, prompting the department to take the case to the Supreme Court, which also turned it down on Nov. 1.
Falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register or vote carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
Voting by a noncitizen carries a maximum of one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and a $100,000 fine, according to the DOJ.
