As a follow-up to a story reported here in April: A former child support worker has been sentenced to 43 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and fraud. Steven K. Gilmore, 29, of Nashville, was sentenced Monday for selling Social Security and bank account numbers. […] Prosecutors said Gilmore sold to an informant more…
Category: ID Theft
TSA ID theft probe ongoing
Jessica Fargen reports: A former Transportation Security Administration contract worker at Logan International Airport – accused a month ago of stealing co-workers’ personal information and giving it to alleged identity thieves – remains under investigation, authorities said. The TSA and Massachusetts State Police are probing the woman’s alleged role in the successful scheme. No charges…
(follow-up) NJ: Trial to begin for Florida Man and Driver on Federal Charges for Their Roles In a $40 Million International Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Ring
The trial of a Miami Beach, Fla., man and his driver for their roles in a telemarketing fraud and identity theft scheme that attempted to defraud financial institutions and their account holders throughout the United States of millions of dollars through the unauthorized and fraudulent debit of customer bank accounts, is scheduled to start with…
WA: Prolific ID thief sentenced to 4+ years in prison
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…
(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…