As an update to the case reported here yesterday, Tiara M. Ellis of the Dallas Morning News reports: A Duncanville woman who confessed to stealing the identities of 78 people was sentenced to 38 years in prison Monday in what authorities are calling one of the biggest identity-theft cases against a single person in the…
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Identity theft drug scheme spanned 11 states
In an update to a previous story, Scott Daughterty of The Capital reports: The Garrett County woman didn’t have back pain. She didn’t visit hospitals in 11 states to get prescription pain killers to help her cope. Still, federal prosecutors said, the hospitals kept sending her bills demanding payment for those medications and services. One…
Anne Arundel woman, 33, admits identity theft, fraud
Tyeesha Dixon reports on a case involving medical ID theft: An Anne Arundel County woman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to fraud and identity theft after using a Garrett County woman’s credit cards and identification to buy jewelry and prescription painkillers in 11 states, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for Maryland….
Hospital tech gets 2 years for theft from dead Grapevine police officer
Domingo Ramirez Jr. reports in the Star-Telegram: DALLAS — Dandy “Chris” Wiles stood over the body of a Grapevine man last May in the emergency room at Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine, high on the club drug ketamine as he worked as an emergency room technician. He was supposed to collect the belongings and jewelry…