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NY: Man gets 75 months for ID theft

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Dissent

A Henrietta man accused of taking personal information from residents of a local assisted living center to apply for credit cards in the residents’ names was sentenced to 75 months in prison. Federal prosecutors said Friday that Kenneth Lee Vickers, 27, was convicted of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. He also was ordered to pay more than $140,000 in restitution.

Vickers’ wife, Wynette Reed-Vickers, 25, who also was convicted of the same charges, was sentenced to 75 months in prison in March.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring said in a statement that both Vickers and his wife worked at the facility as residential support specialists. The facility was not identified.

During that time, Gestring said, they obtained personal identifying information about some of the residents, including their dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Beginning in August 2007, the couple started using the personal information to apply for credit cards and other lines of credit in residents’ name without their knowledge or consent.

The case involved more than 10 victims. Losses totaled more than $200,000.

Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

Once again, law enforcement shields the name of the affected organization. So… if someone was a victim of ID theft but never knew that there was a case involving this assisted living center, how would they connect the dots? Did the center contact all residents going back to 2007 when this started to alert them to check their credit reports?  How did the center even learn of the breach?

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