RI pair are accused of ID theft and bank fraud
November 16, 2010
A Rhode Island couple have been charged with illegally using the personal information of a US citizen living in Dublin who says he learned of the scam through Facebook, federal authorities said yesterday. Prosecutors say the couple, who live in Warwick but whose true names are not known to authorities, used the stolen information during the last 18 years to obtain passports, a mortgage for their house, and drivers’ licenses. A criminal complaint unsealed yesterday charges the man, a Russian national, and his wife, a naturalized American citizen, with identity theft, bank and passport fraud, and other crimes. The man is being held pending a hearing next week, and his wife was released on $20,000 bond after appearing Wednesday in US District Court.
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Boston Globe
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