The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a man in New York that charges him with two counts of immigration fraud for hiding his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. 

Federal prosecutors claimed the fraud occurred when 65-year-old Faustin Nsabumukunzi applied for a green card in 2007 and United States citizenship in 2009 and 2015. Nsabumukunzi, who was arrested on Thursday, has been charged with visa fraud and attempted naturalization fraud.

“As alleged, Nsabumukunzi repeatedly lied to conceal his involvement in the horrific Rwandan genocide while seeking to become a lawful permanent resident and citizen of the United States,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York John Durham said in a statement. 

“For over two decades, he got away with those lies and lived in the United States with an undeserved clean slate, a luxury that his victims will never have," he continued. "But thanks to the tenacious efforts of our investigators and prosecutors, the defendant finally will be held accountable for his brutal actions.”

Prosecutors accused Nsabumukunzi of being a local leader in Rwanda in 1994 who participated in and helped facilitate the genocide of members of the Tutsi minority group in his area over a three-month period. An estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority group were killed in the three-month span. 

"As alleged in the indictment, Nsabumukunzi used his leadership position as Sector Councilor to oversee the violence and killings of Tutsis in his local sector of Kibirizi and directed groups of armed Hutus to kill Tutsis," the department alleged. "Nsabumukunzi also facilitated the rape of Tutsi women by verbally encouraging Hutu men to do so."

The department added that Nsabumukunzi has been convicted of genocide by a Rwandan court in absentia.

If convicted, the Rwandan faces up to 30 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and has been released on $250,000 bail, according to The Guardian.