A sentencing date has been set for a Linden woman accused of using another woman’s identity to establish utility and credit card accounts.
Susan D. Stultz, 50, will be sentenced in Montgomery County Superior Court on July 9. A plea agreement has been filed in the case, but the terms of that agreement have not been made public.
Stultz faces three Class D felony counts of identity deception.
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Class D felonies are punishable by three years in jail. The advisory sentence is one year.
Court records said Stultz opened cell phone and home phone service, as well as a Capital One credit card account, in the name of a former co-worker. Stultz was able to obtain the victim’s personal information because she had in the past prepared the victim’s income tax returns.
The fraudulent accounts were opened in the summer and fall of 2011 and were discovered by the alleged victim several months later, court records said.
Stultz was interviewed by police on March 20. She at first denied any knowledge of the accounts, but ultimately admitted she had opened the accounts online from her home, court records said.
Stultz told police all the accounts had been closed. The total still outstanding on the accounts is listed on court documents as $3,280.46.
Stultz told police she “felt guilty and was sorry,” court records said.
