Illegal immigrant Uber driver gets 19 months in prison for assaulting woman on Capitol Hill

Published July 13, 2018 8:13pm ET



An illegal immigrant living in Maryland who worked as a driver for a ride-sharing company was sentenced Friday for sexually assaulting a female passenger while driving on Capitol Hill last December, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Selvin Chocooj, a 32-year-old man from Guatemala, was sentenced to 19 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a ride in Northeast D.C., U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced.

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