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MAN SENTENCED FOR IDENTITY THEFT - SEARCHES THROUGH TRASH DUMPSTERS, THEN OPENED CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS OVER THE INTERNET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – March 4, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for stealing the identity of an Army major who was stationed in Kuwait.
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING FAKE 1-800 NUMBERS TO STEAL CREDIT CARD AND PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION
November 24, 2008 - Terrence Berg, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced today that a Detroit resident, who used fake 1-800 numbers to steal hundreds of credit card numbers and other personal identity information, entered a plea of guilty to the charges of credit card fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated [...]
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MAIL FRAUD - FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED DRIVER’S LICENSES AND LICENSE PLATES - POSSESSION OF DOCUMENT- MAKING IMPLEMENTS
BOSTON, MA - October 8, 2008 - A Springfield man was convicted today in U.S. District Court of mail fraud and possessing document-making implements.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Jerry Carmody, Acting Inspector in Charge of the United States Postal Inspection Service and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent In Charge of the United States Immigration [...] -
JURY CONVICTS FORMER POLICE OFFICER FOR MAIL FRAUD AND CREDIT CARD FRAUD
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – September 4, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Springfield, Mo., police officer was convicted by a federal jury today for using his ex-wife’s identity in a scheme to defraud a credit card company and an online payment service.
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WOMAN SENTENCED FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT - CAUSED ARREST WARRANT TO BE ISSUED IN VICTIM’S NAME
Baltimore, Maryland - April 2008 - U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis sentenced a 33 year old woman from Edgewater, Maryland, to three years and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. [...]
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PERUVIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED FOR CREDIT CARD CONSPIRACY THAT TARGETED ELDERLY WOMEN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – October 9, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a third Peruvian national has been sentenced in federal court for participating in a conspiracy to steal credit cards from elderly women, then make thousands of dollars in purchases with the [...]
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FORMER MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (July 15, 2008) John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a mortgage fraud scheme in which she used stolen identities to purchase homes in Lee’s Summit.
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OWNERS/OPERATORS OF ASIAN MASSAGE PARLORS PLEAD GUILTY TO COERCING PROSTITUTION, MONEY LAUNDERING, IDENTITY THEFT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (AUGUST 21, 2008) - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that three owners and operators of Asian massage parlors in Johnson County, Kan., pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in human trafficking by coercing their employees, whom they recruited from China, to [...]
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IDENTITY THIEF FROM MALI, WEST AFRICA, SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A 29 year old illegal alien from the West African country of Mali and a former resident of New York City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell to serve four years in Federal prison for conspiring to commit identity theft and mail [...]
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Personal Identifying Information stolen from Car Dealership & Real Estate Loan Brokerage Firm - One man gets 19 years in Prison
Kansas City, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants were sentenced in federal court today for participating in an identity theft conspiracy. A 40 year old man of Kansas City, Mo., and a 29 year old woman of Plano, Texas, were sentenced [...]
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STATE PRISONERS CHARGED PHONE CALLS TO IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS - SOME VICTIMS WERE MENTALLY DISABLED
Jefferson City, Mo.- (March 2008) John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who was formerly incarcerated in a state prison and a Jefferson City, Mo., woman who was formerly employed by the Missouri Department of Revenue were each sentenced in federal court [...]
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“WARDRIVE” - IDENTITY THIEVES SCANNED THE AIRWAVES FROM THEIR CARS - DISCOVERED WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
BOSTON, MA - (September 22, 2008) - A Miami, Florida man was convicted today in federal court of conspiring to electronically break into corporate computer networks, download customers’ credit and debit card information, and fraudulently use and sell that information.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Steven Ricciardi, Special Agent in Charge of the [...] -
Followed Postal Carriers on their Postal Routes and stole Government Checks from Mailboxes
Baltimore, Maryland - Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced a 41 year old Honduran national to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for receiving stolen property and aggravated identity theft in connection with stealing government checks from mailboxes and cashing the checks using fake identity [...]
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Over 100 False MVA Identification Documents Sold for $2,000 Each
Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced a former Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) employee to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy to produce and transfer over 100 unlawfully produced identification documents issued by the MVA, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland [...]
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Uses Position at Maryland Mortgage Company to Steal Over 300 Folders of Personal Financial Information
Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederic Motz sentenced a 26 year old man from Timonium, Maryland, earlier this year to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for fraud in connection with identity information (identity theft) and aggravated identity theft in a scheme to sell stolen personal and financial [...]


