The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office is notifying local residents whose personal information was found in possession of a woman charged last month with numerous counts of identity theft.
Capt. Tommie Sorrell, who led the multi agency investigation that broke up the identity theft ring centered on information pulled from the LSU Health system by then-employee Pamela Reams, said there are also victims whose information was not intercepted.
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She urges everyone affected by the crime to make contact.
There are more than 400 victims across 12 states, and a significant number are residents of Washington Parish, Sorrell said.
“I have about 50 letters I composed and addressed individually to Washington Parish victims,” she said.
“Ironically, some of our confirmed and known victims of Reams and her crew were not among the names intercepted. Therefore, it is likely we have several more victims out there that we do not know about yet.”
In her letter, Sorrell tells people that their personal information was compromised and that it is “highly likely that you have been, or could still become a victim of identity theft” as a result.
She urges them and anyone else who believes he or she might be a victim to call or email her, regardless of whether or not they have been financially affected or made a criminal report.
Sorrell said she is attempting to come up with a “grand tally of the total thefts by these criminals,” and that she wants to talk with victims and potential victims to help safeguard them from “possible future problems affiliated with this matter.”
