Two men and a woman who allegedly stole the identity of a New York man and used it to rent a San Francisco townhouse and apply for credit cards in his name have been charged in San Francisco Superior Court with 24 felony counts, including identity theft and various drug offenses. Prosecutors say the group…
Category: ID Theft
Police: Miami man caught with 92 fake credit cards
Jamie Rogers reports: A Miami man was arrested Thursday after police said he had more than 90 fake credit cards in his possession, Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines said. Roberto Periut Pina, 36, of 10700 SW 109 St., is charged with financial transaction card fraud, Florence County Detention Center bookings reports show. The incident happened…
UK: Dental patient fraud pair jailed
A woman and her stepfather have been given jail terms for defrauding nearly £20,000 from patients at two dental practices in Glasgow. Receptionist Adele Ballantyne, 22, copied credit and debit card details and passed them to John Hill, 32, who then ordered goods for resale. Ballantyne was jailed for 12 months and Hill was sentenced…
PA: Accused card skimmer pleads guilty
Keith Phucas reports: A Philadelphia woman accused of skimming credit card accounts while she worked at a Plymouth Meeting Mall restaurant pleaded guilty Wednesday to identity theft, theft by deception, criminal conspiracy and other felony charges. Her sentencing is pending. Jasmine Crowder, 20, worked at California Pizza Kitchen last summer when she stole hundreds of…
GA: ID theft suspects in jail until trial
Sandy Hodson reports: Two Augusta residents accused of stealing the financial identities of more than 50 people will remain in jail pending trial. […] According to the indictment, federal investigators think Mr. Love used telephone books from cities outside Augusta to identify potential victims, especially elderly women. Mr. Love allegedly pretended to be “David Jason,”…
Former Lawrence man pleads guilty to ID theft
George Diepenbrock reports: A 33-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, who once lived in Lawrence, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for an identity theft scheme in Lawrence and the Kansas City area that totaled more than $78,000. William A. Morris had pleaded guilty in September to one count of aggravated identity theft…