A Columbus, Ga., woman was convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft last week by a U.S. District Court jury in Buffalo.
Kristina Thomas, 40, was convicted after a two-day trial. Using stolen identification of an Illinois woman, Thomas and others obtained checks and an HSBC Bank issued credit card while she was an employee of the bank in 2005 and 2006, federal prosecutors said.
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They then recruited others to cash the checks at banks in Buffalo, and the credit card was used at several retailers, authorities said.
Thomas is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 7 before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
