The Miami Herald tells the story of Juan Carlos Oviedo aka Leo Nunez.

Jacqueline Lamarche, spokeswoman for the Dominican Attorney General’s Office, said Oviedo faces jail time if convicted but did not know when he would be charged. With a false identity and possible conviction on his record, he could have problems obtaining a United States visa to return.

His team bio says the pitcher, who turned pro in 2000 when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, was born in 1983 and is from Jamao del Norte. But the player now says he was born a year earlier, and he’s from Bonao. Núñez? His best friend.

Oviedo called the Dominican consulate in Miami on Sept. 7, saying he was living under a false name and wanted to resolve the problem with his identity, consul general Manuel Felipe Almanzar told The Miami Herald. Alarmed, Almanzar alerted his country’s attorney general’s office and the Dominican Central Elections Board, which regulates identity papers and emits birth certificates.

It turns out part of the reason this came undone was deaths in Ovideo’s family. He kept showing up at these wakes and funerals, and people wondered why. The Marlins finally figured out his secret. Now, he many not play again in the majors.