In the justice system: In AZ, Sheila McCarthy and Christina Hansen were charged with aggravated identification theft involving stealing personal information and credit card information from an employer and an unnamed hair salon’s customers. More. In VA, Karen Priscilla Jones has been charged with aggravated identity theft as well as other crimes for stealing the…
Category: ID Theft
Feds: NYC Employee Stole Credit Card Info
The North Country Gazette reports that Evelyne Miracle, a former employee of the New York City Office of Vital Records has been arrested for stealing the credit card information of those who used credit cards to pay for copies of their birth certificates. The number of people victimized was not reported.
AZ: Couple: ID Thief Terrorized Us
KPHO in Arizona reports that Dominic Barnhill, a former military intelligence analyst, has been arrested on identity theft charges. Dominic Barnhill, who received nine honors when he was in the military, stole more than 100 identities, and kept detailed records on each of his victims with stolen mail, credit reports, credit cards and, in some…
Ex-Fed Employee, Brother Arrested In Identity Theft Scheme
From Chad Bray of Dow Jones Business News comes word that Curtis L. Wiltshire, a former information/technical analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Kenneth Wiltshire, his brother, were arrested in an alleged identity theft scheme: According to the charging document, Curtis Wiltshire had access to computer files containing personal information about…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Former Army finance technician Reynaldo Jimenez pleaded guilty to charges arising out of his theft of identity information belonging to over 35 active duty United States military service members. More. Vickie Parks Sheppard pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fraudulently obtain identity and financial information from more than 50 victims by posing…
Ore. ID thief gets 13 years prison
I usually cover arrests and convictions in Bits ‘n Pieces entries, but an Associated Press story on the sentencing of Stephen Rowell for mail/identity theft has some unusual details, apparently including the fact that Rowell has written songs about the fun of being an ID thief. Rowell was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and…