On April 27th, 2015, a Joplin Police Detective arrested Jeremy J. Sanders, 35, Carthage, Mo., for identity theft.
The arrest was the result of a protracted investigation. The victim, Sumie Hashimoto, reported in February 2015, that someone had obtained multiple credit cards issued in her name.
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The investigation revealed that Sanders, an acquaintance of Hashimoto, had obtained Hashimoto’s personal information and subsequently created multiple accounts using her information.
Sanders fraudulently charged total of $19,117.95 to those accounts. $6,299.63 of the fraudulent charges were committed in Joplin.