October 14, 2019 KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A Holland man who pleaded guilty to identity theft involving stolen mail may be back at it. Zachary Stephen Thomas is charged with four counts of bank fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, theft and possession of stolen mail and passing a Treasury check with a false […]
9/21/18 St. Louis – The first of three Atlanta-area men charged last month with stealing mail as part of an identity theft ring pleaded guilty this morning. Willie Joe Trice, 28, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal mail and faces up to five years’ imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 or both. According to […]
in Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties 6/14/2018 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Derek Hillgert, 29, of Carmichael, and Jeffrey Wilhite, 30, of Linden, charging them with access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to the […]
5/4/2018 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced a Sacramento man today for his participation in a scheme that involved stealing and deconstructing U.S. Postal Service locks to reverse engineer keys in order to steal U.S. Mail, steal identities and defraud financial institutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Billee Vang, […]
On October 27, 2017, defendant Reggie Jackson was charged with Aggravated Identity Theft and Possession of Fifteen or More Counterfeit or Unauthorized Access Devices. Defendant Reggie Lamar Jackson collected personal identifying information (PII), belonging to others, through a variety of means. Some, but not all, of the identities obtained, were used with the intent to commit […]
11/17/2017 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billee Vang, 26, and Dang Vue, 27, both of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to a fraud scheme that involved manufacturing postal service locks and keys in order to steal U.S. Mail, steal identities and defraud financial institutions, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Vang and Vue each pleaded guilty to bank […]
West Palm Beach Man Sentenced for Conspiring with his brother, a United States Postal Service Letter Carrier, to Commit Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft 11/3/17 A West Palm Beach man was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiring with his brother, a United States Postal Service letter carrier, to commit access device […]
10/25/2017 TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker from Hudson County has been sentenced to three years in prison for illegally obtaining personal information of USPS employees and customers and using the information to commit insurance […]
3/21/17 TAMPA – A man who admitted to his role in a scheme to sell almost $3 million in social security checks was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Richard Lee Anderson, 38, claimed he wasn’t aware of just how serious his crime was. “I’m sorry for everybody that I hurt,” Anderson said. […]
February 3, 2017 – Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of U.S. Postal employee Badi Mohamed (30, Jacksonville) on January 31, 2017, for conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of government money, and theft of mail. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment, and he could […]