Valorie A. Dade, 59, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 51 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and $34,338 in restitution for Bank Fraud, Social Security Number Misuse and Aggravated Identity Theft. In fashioning a long sentence, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik cited Dade’s “overwhelming…
Category: ID Theft
(follow-up) Springfield man pleads guilty to bank fraud, ID theft
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Bryan Thomas Ray, 32, of Springfield, Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court to two federal indictments that charged him in an identity theft and check-counterfeiting conspiracy and with passing counterfeit $100 bills in Springfield. The bank fraud scheme involved false identification documents…
(follow-up) Belleville woman sentenced to four years for fraud
A Belleville woman was sentenced Friday to more than four years in federal prison for fraud. Jennifer Lynn Schoenbeck, 31, was convicted of three counts wire fraud, four counts mail fraud and one count aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She pleaded guilty to the charges on June…
Malaysians In Thai Credit Card Scam
D.Arul Rajoo reports: “Next time if you come here, please buy for us soap and tooth paste…it’s a luxury here,” the 32-year-old Yassin (not his real name) said. Just few months back he was riding high, buying expensive jewelry, branded electronic items and dining at some of the best places at Bangkok metropolitan. He is…
KS: Two Indicted For Identity Theft
WIBW reports: A Topeka man and Olathe woman are accused of identity theft. 45-year old Robert L. Maxwell of Topeka and 46-year old Marcella D. Machado of Olathe are each charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and theft or receipt of stolen mail. The indictment alleges that Maxwell and Machado obtained information relating…
NJ: Clifton woman pleads guilty in scam run from Passaic County Jail
John Petrick reports: A Clifton woman pleaded guilty in state court Wednesday to her role in a complex scheme run from the Passaic County Jail that stole the identities of inmates to fraudulently obtain more than $450,000 from American Express and others. Rania Al-Monakel, 34, will have to serve 365 days in the county jail…