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BMV employee accused of selling licenses

CSDL, Wed, 10/06/2010 - 03:00

By CORLISS SMITHEN, Daily News Staff
Published: October 6, 2010

ST. THOMAS — Cameta Dowe sat stone-faced, staring intently at Cranston Stevenson as Stevenson told a 14-member jury that Dowe illegally sold him a driver’s license for $500.

Dowe, 39, of Anna’s Retreat is a former senior data entry clerk at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was arrested May 20 and charged with filing or recording forged instruments, fraudulent claims upon the government, embezzlement by fiduciaries and bribery and solicitation or receipt of bribes by public officers stemming from an incident Feb. 15, 2008.

More than two years later, Dowe went to trial on the charges before V.I. Superior Court Judge James Carroll III.

PennDot worker and his brother accused of selling fake Pennsylvania IDs

CSDL, Fri, 10/01/2010 - 03:00

By Robert Moran

Inquirer Staff Writer

A PennDot employee and his brother were indicted Thursday in connection with the alleged sale of fraudulent Pennsylvania identification cards.

A third man was indicted in an unrelated case for selling Social Security cards and birth certificates to people seeking bogus IDs, authorities said.

Gun Dealer Gets Prison for Selling to Illegal Immigrant; Illegal 'Middle Man' Not Charged

CSDL, Fri, 09/10/2010 - 03:00


By Diane Macedo

Published September 10, 2010

Men accused of $1.6 million tax scam, stealing IDs of homeless

CSDL, Wed, 09/01/2010 - 03:00

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:35 p.m. Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Three Georgia men have been indicted in federal court based on allegations they stole the identities of homeless people to reap a windfall in tax returns.
The men conspired with two men from New Jersey to file 123 tax returns that netted over $1.66 million in refunds, U.S.

Raleigh woman gets $5 million bond in alleged ID theft scheme

CSDL, Wed, 09/01/2010 - 03:00

Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh woman was being held under a $5 million bond Sunday while she faces nearly 30 charges in connection with an alleged identity theft scheme.
Arrest warrants state that Heather Lynn Holley, 39, whose last known address was Langley Circle, opened up bank accounts and credit cards and cashed checks using other people's identities.

Fake identity suspect indicted

CSDL, Sat, 07/24/2010 - 03:00

By Jarret Bencks jbencks@eagletribune.com
Authorities still don't know the real name and age of a man who allegedly received a false identity through a license fraud scheme at the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles office in Salem.

DMV: Carson man nabbed in fake ID scam

CSDL, Fri, 06/25/2010 - 03:00

A Carson City man who allegedly held a Nevada driver license in a deceased person's name was arrested after he allegedly applied for an identification card under another deceased person's name.

Gregory Scott Rice, 54, recently applied for a Nevada ID card under the name of Ross James Martin, according to DMV Compliance Enforcement investigators.

The department's Facial Recognition System matched his photograph with a Nevada driver license issued under the name of John Clifford Butler. A preliminary investigation showed both identities belonged to deceased Minnesota men.

Investigators say Rice initially identified himself as one of the deceased, but provided the third name of Gregory Rice following questioning.

Authorities: ID theft ring paid for woman's 'tummy tuck'

CSDL, Tue, 06/08/2010 - 10:06

June 5, 2010 4:48 PM
 A South Side woman, along with her mother and brother, allegedly ran an identity theft ring using victims' credit cards and debit cards to buy furniture and get the woman a "tummy tuck" surgical procedure, according to police and prosecutors.
Charged were Ayondela Moore, 35, of the 8300 block of South Green Street; Herman Campbell, 26, and Corine Moore, 63, both of the 7300 block of South Troy Street.
While executing a search warrant at the younger Moore's address on Green Street, police found fraudulent credit cards a

Fallen soldier's mom reacts to alleged ID theft

CSDL, Thu, 06/03/2010 - 16:04

Police: Rachel Bosveld's identity stolen
By Lindsay Veremis 
Updated: Thursday, 03 Jun 2010, 8:19 AM CDT, Published : Wednesday, 02 Jun 2010, 5:32 PM CDT
APPLETON - Prosecutors are preparing to file more charges, as anger rises against three people accused of using the names of fallen Wisconsin service members to write bad checks.
The mother of Rachel Bosveld, a soldier fro

Tamarac woman broke law for bigger breasts, authorities say

CSDL, Tue, 05/25/2010 - 03:00

By Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel

1:15 PM EDT, May 25, 2010

A Tamarac, Florida, woman wanted bigger breasts and thinner arms so badly authorities say she was willing to break the law to get them.

Shatarka Nuby, 29, faces a credit card fraud charge after the U.S. Postal Service says she and an accomplice committed fraud so she could undergo more than $9,000 of cosmetic surgery. The accomplice posed as Nuby's cousin and paid for the surgery using a stolen identity, court records show.

Ex-Broward teacher pleads guilty in student identity theft case

CSDL, Fri, 03/12/2010 - 04:00

By DIANA MOSKOVITZ

A former Broward County public schools teacher has pleaded guilty to obtaining credit cards with personal information she stole from former students.

Federal prosecutors announced the plea of Sheyla Diaz, 44, of Pembroke Pines, on Monday.

Man Sentenced for Stealing Fed Chairman’s Identity

CSDL, Fri, 01/22/2010 - 04:00

By Cary O’Reilly
 
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- An Illinois man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for helping to lead an identity theft ring that counted Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his wife Anna among its victims.
Leonardo Darnell Zanders, 49, of Dolton, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in Alexandria, Virginia, to 200 months in prison over his role in the ring that caused about $1.5 million in losses from at least 10 financial institutions, the Justice Department said in a statement. He must also pay $1.4 million in restitution.
Zanders pleaded guilty on Sept.