Jeremy Jones, Identity Theft, Tennessee 2018

MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis man has been found guilty of using stolen identities to defraud over 100 individual victims and various financial institutions of more than $1.7 million dollars.

A six-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court found Jeremy Jones, 39, of Memphis, guilty as charged of using stolen identities to defraud over $1.7 million. He was also found guilty on two counts of tampering with government witnesses.

According to the indictment, Jones executed a scheme to steal the identities of personal acquaintances, car dealers and over 145 Memphis Neurology patients throughout 2011, 2012 and 2015.

Jones used the stolen identifying information to apply for loans and credit cards and open bank accounts in the individuals’ names without their knowledge. A co-conspirator, who was employed at Memphis Neurology, removed patient information from the company’s database and provided it to Jones upon his request.

Jones agreed to compensate the co-conspirator for providing him with the information. He sent and received loan applications, checks and other financial information from numerous lenders throughout the United States via the internet and mail carriers.

The potential loss is $1.7 million. The sentencing hearing is set for March 8, 2018. The maximum prison sentence for conspiracy is 5 years; the maximum prison sentence for identity theft is 5 years; and the maximum prison sentence for mail fraud is 20 years.

The maximum prison sentence for aggravated identity theft is a mandatory penalty of 2 years imprisonment consecutive to any other sentence imposed. For the obstruction of justice charge, the maximum sentence is 20 years.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant praised the good investigative work done in the case by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Secret Service, and recognized the outstanding prosecutorial efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Damon K. Griffin and Murre Martindale in presenting the complex case to the jury.

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