Clinton Jean-Pierre, Identity Theft, West Virginia 2023
A brazen identity thief has been brought to justice in West Virginia, with Clinton Jean-Pierre, 28, of Miami, Florida, slapped with a 70-month prison sentence for identity theft through use of a computer.
Crime: Jean-Pierre was found guilty of one count of “Accessing a Computer and Obtaining Information” and one count of “Aggravated Identity Theft.”
City and State: The crime was committed in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Exact Date: Jean-Pierre admitted to fraudulently accessing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) eAuthentication online taxpayer system in December 2017.
Sentence: On [no exact date provided], Jean-Pierre was sentenced to 70 months in prison.
Prosecution: Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
Investigation: The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Cybercrime Investigations Division investigated.
Judge: Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided over the case.
According to court documents, Jean-Pierre fraudulently accessed the IRS eAuthentication online taxpayer system to obtain taxpayer information. He admitted to porting an unknowing person’s cellular telephone number to his own phone in order to obtain the security code necessary to create an unauthorized taxpayer account.
Once in the IRS eAuthentication system, Jean-Pierre gained access to a taxpayer’s tax return information, including the taxpayer’s personal identifying information.
Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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