As a follow-up to a case previously covered on this site where Irving ISD employees became victims of ID theft after paper records with their personal information was tossed out, unshredded, the Associated Press now reports that Sharon Denise Seeley pleaded guilty and was sentenced for her role in the scam. Seeley was sentenced to…
Category: ID Theft
Oregon woman sentenced to more than 10 years for part in ID theft ring
Carol Crane, 47, was sentenced to 124 months in prison in connection with the investigation of an identity theft ring which operated in the Portland metropolitan area from 2004 through early 2007. Crane was the sixth person to plead guilty and be sentenced based on participation in the ring. She was also ordered to pay…
(Update) Texas man convicted for his role in fraud, ID theft scheme
To update a case reported here previously: The Associated Press reports that Dennis Savarese has been convicted of identity fraud for his role in a scheme to steal credit cards from health club locker rooms and convert them into $400,000 worth of cash at gambling facilities. Savarese was convicted in U.S. District Court in Boston…
TX: (follow-up) Memorial Hermann worker sentenced for bank fraud, ID theft
As a follow-up to a case previously mentioned on this site: A former patient care assistant of a Houston area hospital has been sentenced to prison for bank fraud and stealing the identities of patients, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Nakeshia Brown, 30, of Houston, was sentenced to a total of 60 months…
NM: Credit theft sours winery experience
Ashley Meeks reports: It certainly wasn’t the wine or the bowtie pasta at St. Clair Winery & Bistro that left a bad taste in Bianca Villani’s mouth. It was the call from Visa, informing her that someone in Maryland was trying to put hundreds of dollars of purchases on her card and the cards of…
Bronx man found guilty in million-dollar ID theft and tax fraud
Felix Nkansah, 28, was found guilty of participating in an identity theft ring and defrauding the United States Treasury. His conviction followed a one-week trial in Manhattan federal court. According to the Superseding Indictment and evidence presented at trial: Beginning in 2007, Nkansah participated in an identity theft ring whose purpose was to file, via…