Charges were announced Wednesday against six people for alleged identity theft schemes that amassed nearly $300,000 in fraudulent gains.
In the first case, Frederick Jones, 27, of Riverdale; Clarissa M. McGlothin, 32, of Alsip; Tennineil D. Smith, 36, of Chicago; and Danielle Glaze, 31, of Chicago, were arraigned Wednesday in Cook County on a multicount indictment of Class X identity theft and Class 1 financial institutions fraud, according to a release from the attorney general’s office.
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A fifth defendant, Delonda Glaze, 31, of Riverdale — who is Danielle’s twin sister and previously was charged in a separate identity theft case — was arraigned on new charges of Class X identity theft, the release said.
The indictment alleges the five used stolen identities to take out vehicle loans through a number of banks.
After receiving individual checks for as much as $40,000 each, they deposited the money into a bank account controlled collectively for personal use, the release said.
In total, the defendants got about $252,900 through six fraudulent car loans, the release said.
They face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
In an unrelated case, identity theft charges were filed against Isabella Nartey, 30, of Oak Forest, for using stolen identification to illegally transfer $40,500 from a victim’s bank account, the release said.
Nartey first transferred the funds into an E-trade account she controlled, then moved the money into her personal bank account.
She was arraigned last week in Cook County Court on identity theft, financial institution fraud and wire fraud charges, the release said.
She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
“Identity theft is a serious crime that has lasting consequences, both for the perpetrators, who will face time behind bars, and for their victims, who will spend years trying to rebuild their financial security,” Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in the release.
The case against the first five defendants was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the sixth by the U.S. Secret Service, with both referred to Madigan’s office for prosecution.
