Casey Michelle Hardiman, Credit Card Fraud, Alabama 2023

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A Decatur woman was indicted for fraudulently using credit cards stolen from mailboxes in Madison County, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.

Casey Michelle Hardiman, 31, was charged with two counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of possessing stolen mail, according to a four-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court.

According to the indictment, Hardiman committed wire fraud when she used a stolen credit card on April 7 and April 8 at two Huntsville stores. She also committed aggravated identity theft by using the stolen card, the indictment alleges.

Between April 7 and April 10, Hardiman possessed more than 200 letters and items of mail that had been stolen from numerous mailboxes in Madison County, the indictment charges.

The maximum penalty for wire fraud is 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Aggravated identity theft carries a mandatory two-year prison sentence, which must be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed for the crime. Theft of U.S. mail carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Huntsville, Madison, and Decatur police departments investigated the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Davis Barlow prosecuting.

An indictment contains charges, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/decatur-woman-indicted-fraudulently-using-credit-cards-stolen-mail