The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that Carlos Enrique Diaz Roque, 29, of Brooksville, has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. Diaz Roque faces up to five years in federal prison. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
According to the plea agreement, Diaz Roque, a certified notary public, agreed to execute Client-1’s immigration documents. However, Diaz Roque has never been a licensed lawyer.
On February 3, 2025, Diaz Roque filed a motion to administratively close Client 1’s pending Orlando Immigration Court case. On the same day, Mr. Diaz Roque also filed what appears to be a Department of Homeland Security brief opposing Client-1’s motion. The brief said that the Department of Homeland Security “urges the court not to deny the defendants’ motion to administratively terminate the proceeding in the above matter.” Diaz Roque signed the document in the name of a Department of Homeland Security attorney. In fact, as Mr. Díaz-Roque was well aware, the Department of Homeland Security attorney did not prepare, sign, file, or authorize the filing of any brief in the Orlando Immigration Court in Client-1’s case.
On June 30, 2025, Client 1 testified under oath in Orlando Immigration Court that he hired Diaz Roque to prepare his administrative closure motion. Client 1 denied seeing any opposition to this. On November 18, 2025, Diaz Roque admitted to two Homeland Security Investigations agents that he had falsely signed and submitted a Department of Homeland Security brief.
This incident was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam W. McCall.
