Belleville woman faces federal wire fraud, identity theft charges

Jennifer Lynn Schoenbeck, 31, Belleville, has pleaded guilty in federal court here to three counts of wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. By virtue of her employment as a manager of a restaurant, Schoenbeck had access to the personal identity information of at least 11 people who had either applied to work at the restaurant or who worked there, including their names and Social Security numbers. Schoenbeck would open bank accounts, sometimes by completing an application on the internet. When asked by the bank to provide a Social Security number, Schoenbeck would use the number of someone she knew, a number she obtained during the course of her employment or she would simply make up a number. Posted in: Account Takeover Identity Theft