Identity Theft Hollywood Man Convicted

A Hollywood man was convicted in an identity theft scheme with fraud totaling $117,000 in victims’ tax refunds, the U.S. State Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Jonathan Torres-Bonilla, 36, was convicted of two counts of access device fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 28 years.

Authorities say that Torres-Bonilla used multiple debit cards at various ATMS while at the Aventura Mall on Nov. 25, 2011.

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Officers tracked him down at the mall’s garage where he tried to flee in a minivan, but was taken into custody.

At the time of his arrest, he possessed 28 pre-paid debit cards with $117,000 in others’ tax refunds, more than $1,700 in cash and dozens of ATM receipts. He also refused to provide police with identification, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Torres-Bonilla is scheduled for sentencing March 9.

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