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Woman charged in Tredyffrin ID theft

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Dissent

Richard Ilgenfritz reports:

A Maryland woman is behind bars this week in Chester County on $25,000 bail in connection with an international ID-theft ring with tentacles that reached from the Main Line through Maryland to Canada, Ecuador, England, China and Vietnam.

Police identified the suspect as Sheila Oleta Myers, 53, of the 6500 block of Pomfret Road in La Plata, Md.

Police said investigators in Tredyffrin began looking into wire fraud this April. That investigation led police to an international network that targeted real-estate agents, the elderly and others through the Internet to become mystery shoppers.

Read more on MainlineMediaNews.com


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