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…
Category: ID Theft
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…
PA: Detroit Con Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Identity Theft Scheme
Martel T. Kirkland, 53, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for conspiracy, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, credit card fraud, wire fraud, uttering a forged security, and aiding and abetting, in connection with an identity theft scheme involving approximately 40 financial accounts. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney…
AZ: Identity theft, forgery arrests
Mike Sakal reports: An alleged identity theft and forgery ring was disrupted in southeast Phoenix this week after deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office executed warrants at two residences and arrested five illegal immigrants from Mexico. Two of the ring leaders, Eduardo Chavez-Elizalde, 33, and Federerico Velasco-Lopez, 33, were arrested on suspicion of identity-theft-related…
NY: Philadelphia Man Sentenced for His Involvement in Identity Theft Ring
John H. Windle, 44, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced on January 27 to 70 months of imprisonment for his involvement in an identity theft ring. On September 6, 2007, Windle pled guilty to four felony offenses: one count of identification document fraud, one count of wire fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft, in…