Overview
- ICE and FBI agents arrested Mahady Sacko in Philadelphia, and a criminal complaint charges him with casting a fraudulent ballot in the 2024 federal election.
- An FBI affidavit alleges Sacko registered and voted in seven federal elections since 2008, falsely attesting to U.S. citizenship on registration forms.
- Investigators subpoenaed Philadelphia and Pennsylvania voting records in May 2025, which detail in‑person voting in multiple cycles and a mail ballot in the 2020 primary.
- Court filings say Sacko entered the U.S. in 1998, was ordered removed in 2000 with the order upheld in 2002, was arrested by ICE in 2007, and remained under supervision when deportation could not be executed without a Mauritanian passport.
- DHS condemned the alleged conduct and urged passage of the SAVE America Act, while prosecutors note Sacko was released on bail and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.