Identity Theft: Kelvin Lyles Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Fraud “Synthetic Identities”

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Identity Thief sentenced for using a new form of fraud “Synthetic Identities”

<h2>Identity Thief sentenced for using a new form of fraud &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Synthetic Identities”<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>ATLANTA – Creating &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;synthetic identities” from phony Social Security numbers is one of the fastest growing forms of identity theft in the United States&comma; and the U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is prosecuting increased numbers of these cases to stay in front of this trend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One recent case involves Kelvin Lyles&comma; who has been sentenced to three years and ten months in federal prison for wire fraud&period; Lyles used so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;synthetic identities&comma;” which are fake identities created by establishing a credit history for false Social Security numbers with the credit reporting agencies&period; Using this method&comma; Lyles defrauded credit card companies out of over &dollar;350&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Synthetic identity theft is an unfortunate new form of criminal fraud&comma;” said U&period; S&period; Attorney John Horn&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Identity thieves continue to invent new methods&comma; and this is one more avenue of approach in their attempt to take what is not theirs&period; We will keep current with these latest trends and do all we can to keep our citizens safe from identity thieves&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As synthetic identity theft continues to become one of the fastest-growing consumer fraud schemes&comma; the US Postal Inspection Service will remain steadfast to investigate emerging criminal trends to bring these offenders to justice&comma;” said David M&period; McGinnis&comma; U&period;S&period; Postal Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Postal Inspectors will continue to go after those who utilize the U&period;S&period; mail for fraudulent <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;tag&sol;financial-fraud&sol;" title&equals;"financial" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"742">financial<&sol;a> gain&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to U&period;S&period; Attorney Horn&comma; the charges and other information presented in court&colon; From January 2013 until December 2015&comma; Lyles obtained and created synthetic identities to obtain credit cards in the names of fictional individuals&period; Lyles then used online credit card processing services to charge transactions to the credit cards&comma; directing all the stolen funds obtained to himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December 2015&comma; law enforcement executed a search warrant at Lyles’s residence and discovered information for over 300 synthetic identities&comma; fake driver’s licenses&comma; a fake social security card&comma; and numerous credit cards held in the names of individuals other than Lyles&period; In total&comma; Lyles attempted &dollar;435&comma;862&period;10 in fraudulent credit card transactions and succeeded in obtaining approximately &dollar;350&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In recent months&comma; the U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Office has prosecuted other defendants committing similar kinds of synthetic identity fraud&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>On January 5&comma; 2017&comma; Robert F&period; Dixon&comma; Jr&period;&comma; of Chamblee&comma; Georgia&comma; was sentenced by U&period;S&period; District Judge Leigh Martin May to two years&comma; ten months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud conspiracy&comma; wire fraud&comma; and misuse of a Social Security number&period; Dixon was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of &dollar;403&comma;734&period;55&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>On November 17&comma; 2016&comma; Karen A&period; Bradley&comma; of Lithonia&comma; Georgia&comma; was sentenced by U&period;S&period; District Judge Leigh Martin May to one year&comma; six months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud conspiracy and misuse of a Social Security number&period; Bradley was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of &dollar;244&comma;232&period;31&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>On September 1&comma; 2016&comma; Landerick C&period; Mitchell&comma; of North Charleston&comma; South Carolina&comma; was sentenced by U&period;S&period; District Judge Leigh Martin May to six months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud conspiracy and misuse of a Social Security number&period; Mitchell was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of &dollar;23&comma;328&period;86&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>On January 10&comma; 2017&comma; Maurice R&period; Lambert&comma; of Atlanta&comma; Georgia&comma; pleaded guilty to access device fraud and misuse of a Social Security number&period; He is scheduled to be sentenced by U&period;S&period; District Judge Eleanor L&period; Ross on May 25&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>While these cases pertain to criminals using synthetic identities&comma; law-abiding citizens also risk being tricked into purchasing a synthetic identity&comma; primarily in the form of a so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Consumer Profile Number” or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;CPN&period;” A CPN is a nine-digit number that some credit repair agencies claim can be used as a replacement for a Social Security number in credit and <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;category&sol;loans&sol;" title&equals;"loan" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"258">loan<&sol;a> applications&period; Falsely stating in a credit or loan application that a CPN is a Social Security number risks violating federal law&period; Citizens should be extremely skeptical of any claims from credit repair services that ask them to use a CPN in place of their actual social security number when applying for credit or loans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kelvin Lyles&comma; 43&comma; of Atlanta&comma; Georgia&comma; was sentenced by U&period;S&period; District Judge Mark H&period; Cohen to three years&comma; ten months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release&comma; and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of &dollar;353&comma;937&period;23&period; Lyles pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement on January 18&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This case was investigated by the U&period;S&period; Postal Inspection Service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Special Assistant United States Attorney Diane Schulman and Assistant United States Attorney Samir Kaushal prosecuted the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For further information please contact the U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at <a class&equals;"mailto" href&equals;"mailto&colon;USAGAN&period;PressEmails&commat;usdoj&period;gov">USAGAN&period;PressEmails&commat;usdoj&period;gov<span class&equals;"mailto"><span class&equals;"element-invisible">&lpar;link sends e-mail&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a> or &lpar;404&rpar; 581-6016&period; The Internet address for the U&period;S&period; Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-ndga">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-ndga<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-ndga&sol;pr&sol;identity-thief-sentenced-using-new-form-fraud-synthetic-identities">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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