Low-tech still pays. Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jacquelyn Ann Crawford, age 40, and Charlene M. Haggard, age 43, both of Spokane pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Sentencing is scheduled for February 17, 2011. At their change of…
Category: ID Theft
Spanish national pleads guilty to ATM skimming in Pennsylvania
A foreign national from Spain pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with a Romanian national to install electronic skimming devices on PNC Bank ATMs located throughout Western Pennsylvania in April and May of this year, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Felipe Juan Lopez, 34, of Spain, pleaded guilty to one count…
WI: Former Adecco employee implicated in ID thefts of Milwaukee County workers
A former contracted employee for the Milwaukee County human resources department faces an identify theft charge – and so does her boyfriend. 26-year-old Starlita Sims and 25-year-old Christopher Lee Jackson are each charged with one felony count. But Sheriff David Clarke said Monday that the couple is suspected of stealing the identities of over 30…
Real estate broker gets 69 years in prison for $17.5 million fraud
Rachanee Srisavasdi and Larry Welborn report: A real estate broker was sentenced to 69 years and six months in prison Monday for a $17.5 million real estate fraud scheme in which she used stolen identities to illegally purchase properties, then defaulted on the loans to pocket the loan money. Kathy Chen, 49, was convicted in…
Credit Union employee who wanted to fund son’s death row appeal indicted for ID theft
What some mothers won’t do for their kids. A credit union employee and the mother of a death row inmate, was indicted Thursday tor stealing customer’s credit information to take out loans in their names. The Secret Service told WFTV Nazreen Mohammed was using the money to finance her son Dane Abdool’s defense. Mohammed is…
Former MedAssets employee sentenced to 15 years in University of Texas Medical Branch breach
This is a follow-up to the University of Texas Medical Branch breach previously reported here and here. United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in Waco, 34-year-old Katina Candrick of LaGrange, Texas, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $163,185.19 restitution for unlawful possession of fraudulent identification documents and…