U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Eric Ericson, 73, to time-served (14 months and 8 days) in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. On October 16, 2025, Ericson was found guilty of passport fraud following a three-day trial, according to the Dept. of Justice, District of Maine, in a news release. 

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Ericson applied for a U.S. passport at a U.S. Post Office in Bangor on March 24, 2023. When asked about any other names he had used, Ericson failed to disclose his multiple aliases on his passport application. Ericson also falsely reported that he had never applied for or been issued a U.S. passport before, when in fact he had previously applied for and obtained a passport under a different name, according to DOJ. He falsely certified that the information in his application was true and correct. 

Ericson is a registered sex offender, following his Maine state convictions for Gross Sexual Assault, Unlawful Sexual Contact, and Sexual Abuse of a Minor in 2010, according to the news release. 

The Diplomatic Security Service Portsmouth Resident Office investigated the case with assistance from the Maine State Police.