Tag Archives: identity theft

Police are searching for a woman who obtained thousands of dollars by assuming the identity of another person. The suspect went to the Wells Fargo Bank at 1225 W. Guadalupe Rd. on Feb. 19 and used a stolen California driver’s … Continue reading →

A Costa Mesa man was behind bars Friday, suspected of identity theft in Thousand Oaks. Kyle Zimmerman, 27, was taken into custody about 8:30 a.m. at the Ana Mesa Inn, 3597 Harbor Blvd., according to Ventura County sheriff’s Sgt. Alan … Continue reading →

The owner of a tax preparation business has pleaded guilty to using stolen identities to claim millions in fraudulent tax refunds. U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Bob Page says 44-year-old Kevin Sonnier, of Ellenwood, worked with others to convince thousands of victims … Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Larreka Jackson was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $721,519.12 in restitution for for her role in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to obtain tax refunds. According … Continue reading →

Last fall, when Linda Mendez was offered dis­count phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Anto­nio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. Mendez, 51, works the graveyard shift at … Continue reading →

A Philadelphia man already accused in an identity theft case at Palmer Park Mall that caused an officer to break his big toe during a foot chase faces additional charges of allegedly buying more than $13,000 in jewelry with a … Continue reading →

Kurt Millard spent most of last weekend in the Jasper County Jail, locked up on another man’s arrest warrant. The 26-year-old Joplin resident could not convince his jailers they had the wrong guy. “I got the run-around the whole weekend,” … Continue reading →

An Albuquerque woman who with a partner spread more than $140,000 in bogus paychecks around the Southwest pleaded guilty to identity theft in federal court Thursday. Shelly Nichols, 42, admitted fabricating paychecks and IDs used to cash them at Walmarts … Continue reading →

With two suspects already in custody, Long Beach Police Department officials are continuing to search for three more involved in an identity theft ring. An ongoing LBPD investigation recently found out that 43-year-old Ayesha Wilson of Long Beach and 34-year-old … Continue reading →

Federal agents on Monday, May 13, arrested a California man on identity theft and other charges in connection with a scheme to steal money from another man’s bank account. Auston Chad Cohen, 29, of Lancaster, Calif., was already in the … Continue reading →