Tag: Identity Theft
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales, Identity Theft and Voting Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales, a 55-year-old Colombian citizen, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for making false statements to obtain a US passport, committing aggravated identity theft, and voting in an election under a false identity in Jacksonville, Florida. Between 2003 and 2024, Jaramillo Grajales posed as a…
Catoria Noel, Darren Stephenson, and Imani-Kai Brown, Identity Theft, New York 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen identity theft ring, including a former bank employee, has been busted for stealing over $1.6 million from dozens of victims in New York. Catoria Noel, Darren Stephenson, and Imani-Kai Brown were arrested and charged with conspiring to fraudulently take over bank accounts and initiate unauthorized wire transfers and ATM…
Richard Modou Bah, Bank Fraud, Arizona 2023
⏱ 3 min read A 22-year-old Bronx man, Richard Modou Bah, was at the center of a complex bank fraud and identity theft scheme that spanned multiple states, including Arizona, Colorado, and California. The scheme, which involved co-conspirators using stolen identities to open phony business accounts and drain victims’ funds, was unearthed by the FBI…
Clayton Lloyd Iley, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Clayton Lloyd Iley, a 41-year-old businessman from Stephenville, Texas, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges on June 17. Iley operated an insurance brokerage business and used at least two entities he controlled to conduct financial transactions, scamming victims with fake loan programs. The scheme, which lasted from…
Kyle Svara, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 4 min read Kyle Svara, a 27-year-old Illinois man, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for hacking into the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women, stealing their nude photos, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The crimes took place from May 2020 to February 2021, with Svara using social engineering tactics to collect…
Jose Luis Rodriguez, Passport Fraud, Connecticut 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jose Luis Rodriguez, a 46-year-old Dominican national, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for perpetrating a brazen passport scam in Connecticut. Rodriguez, who was living in Waterbury, assumed the identity of a recently released prisoner and used it to obtain a US passport, which he then used for travel…
Charles E. Poole III, Bank Fraud, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Charles E. Poole III, a 48-year-old Philadelphia man, was sentenced to 69 months in prison for orchestrating a sprawling identity theft and bank fraud scheme that caused over $100,000 in losses to more than a dozen businesses and financial institutions in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The scheme, which lasted from…
Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, a 57-year-old Dominican national, has a long history of crime in the United States. He has been convicted of drug trafficking, aggravated identity theft, and wire fraud, and has been deported from the country three times. Despite this, he continued to illegally reenter the US, using numerous…
Ana Silvia Garcia, Theft of Government Funds and Aggravated Identity Theft, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 63-year-old Mexican national, Ana Silvia Garcia, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for her role in a decades-long identity theft scheme in Houston, TX. Garcia pleaded guilty on April 14 to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, and was ordered to pay $278,385 in restitution…
Ty Mauldin, Obtaining Drugs by Fraud, Delaware 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ty Mauldin, a 35-year-old South Dakota man, pleaded guilty to ordering thousands of opioid pills by stealing the identities of medical professionals he worked with in Delaware. Mauldin used his access as a medical biller and credentialer to obtain medical professionals’ licensure information and order oxycodone pills from wholesale pharmaceutical suppliers.…
