Christian Boone reports:
A second-generation DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office jailer has been arrested and charged with using inmates’ Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and pocketing the refunds.
It’s unknown how many inmates were compromised by Adriara Addison’s alleged crimes, said DeKalb sheriff’s spokesman Adrion Bell.
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WSBTV adds more details:
Adriara Addison, 20, had only worked as a jail technician for a year. Addison was in charge of things like intake and monitoring inmates in hallways. It was a position that also gave her access to inmates’ personal information.
“We found that there was a scam here in which she was using our computer systems to get information on inmates — their names, date of birth, and Social Security numbers,” Sgt. Adrion Bell told Channel 2’s Erin Coleman.