Identity Theft: Abdulrasheed Yusuf Pleaded Guilty In One Count Of Aggravated Identity Theft

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Man Admits Role In Identity Theft And Wire Fraud Conspiracy

<h2>Man Admits Role In Identity Theft And Wire Fraud Conspiracy<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>NEWARK N&period;J&period; – A Georgia man today admitted using fake driver’s licenses in order to obtain checks issued in response to false statements and representations&comma; U&period;S&period; Attorney Craig Carpenito announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abdulrasheed Yusuf&comma; 29&comma; of Lilburn&comma; Georgia&comma; pleaded guilty before U&period;S&period; District Judge Katharine S&period; Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yusuf was a member of a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain money&comma; including by committing identity theft&comma; impersonating account holders and obtaining money from their accounts&period; On Aug&period; 8&comma; 2017&comma; a member of the conspiracy contacted an entity where an individual &lpar;Victim 1&rpar; had an account&period; The caller impersonated Victim 1 and stated that he&sol;she wanted to withdraw &dollar;34&comma;636 from his&sol;her account&period; The entity sent a check through a mail carrier to the account holder at his&sol;her address&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A member of the conspiracy caused the mail carrier to hold the packages containing the check for Victim 1 at one of its branch locations&period; On Aug&period; 14&comma; 2017&comma; Yusuf entered the branch and&comma; using a driver’s license with Yusuf’s picture and Victim 1’s name and address&comma; obtained a package he believed contained the check to Victim 1&period; Yusuf used a separate fake driver’s license in connection with obtaining a different check similarly issued in response to fraudulent statements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison&comma; and a fine of &dollar;250&comma;000&comma; or twice the gross gain to the defendant or twice the gross loss to others&comma; whichever is greater&period; The aggravated identity theft charge carries a sentence of two years in prison&comma; which must be consecutive to any imprisonment ordered concerning the conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge&comma; and a fine of &dollar;250&comma;000&comma; or twice the gross gain to the defendant or twice the gross loss to others&comma; whichever is greater&period; Sentencing is scheduled for May 10&comma; 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>U&period;S&period; Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI&comma; under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark&comma; and the U&period;S&period; Department of Labor&comma; Office of Inspector General&comma; under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael C&period; Mikulka in New York&comma; with the investigation leading to today’s guilty pleas&period; He also thanked the Salt Lake City&comma; Utah&comma; Police Department for its role in the investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government is represented by Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Andrew Kogan of the U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Office Economic Crimes Unit in Newark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charge and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations&comma; and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Defense counsel&colon; David B&period; Glazer Esq&period;&comma; Livingston New Jersey<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-nj&sol;pr&sol;man-admits-role-identity-theft-and-wire-fraud-conspiracy">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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