PORTLAND, Ore.—A brazen identity thief has been brought to justice, after stealing hundreds of pieces of residential mail throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area and using the personal identity of one local resident to purchase a luxury car.
Dwayne Leroy Daan, 42, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release on July 1, 2021, for his role in a mail and identity theft scheme that spanned several months.
According to court documents, between February and May 2020, Daan stole more than 800 pieces of mail from residences in Portland, Beaverton, West Linn, Milwaukee, and Hillsboro, Oregon. Some of the mail was stolen using a counterfeit U.S. Postal Service arrow key.
On April 20, 2020, Daan used the stolen identity of a local resident to obtain a line of credit and purchase a 2018 Audi for $51,031 from a car dealership in Milwaukee.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Portland Police Bureau, West Linn Police Department, and Hillsboro Police Department. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon with assistance from the Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington County District Attorney’s Offices.
Daan pleaded guilty to possessing stolen mail and a counterfeit U.S. Postal Service arrow key, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
A restitution hearing has been scheduled for December 20, 2021. As part of a global resolution, Daan’s federal prison sentence will run concurrently with a sentence previously imposed in Washington County Circuit Court and a sentence to be imposed in Multnomah County Circuit Court for similar conduct. The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office will dismiss charges pending against Daan as part of this resolution.
Daan will serve his entire sentence in federal prison. The case serves as a stark reminder of the importance of protecting personal identity and securing mail and other sensitive documents.
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- Paul Logugune, Bank Fraud and Identity Theft, Maine 2022 · Washington
- Letitia James Demands ICE Identity Disclosure, New York, 2023 · Washington
- Diana Petrovic, Drug Trafficking, D. Oregon, 2023 · Washington
Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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