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Identity Theft

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Suspected Toilet Valve Bandit Facing a Host of New Charges

Brookfield man, already charged with five counts of property theft, now also faces six felony counts of identity theft for claiming to represent a plumbing company when he sold stolen flushers to salvager, reports say.

A Brookfield man already charged with stealing dozens of expensive toilet valves from fast-food restaurant and institutional restrooms has also been charged with six counts of identity theft for using a plumbing company's name to fence them. Cory James Feerick, 33, of Brookfield was charged March 28 in Waukesha County with five counts of theft of property and on April 16 in Milwaukee County with six counts of felony identity theft. Each count of property theft is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail. The new identity theft charges each carry a maximum penalty of up to six years in prison. According to criminal complaint in the newly filed identity theft cases: From Sept. 21 through Jan. 10, Feerick stole four flush…

Jd Jazzdoctor

6:25 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013

Seems like a bit too much effort for $600 bucks, fool. Think about that as you rot in jail, chump. Good job.   more ›

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Man Accused of Opening Credit Cards With Another Identity

Suspect goes to Boston Store and Macy's and opens the accounts, police say.

  A 49-year-old Chicago man is accused of using another man’s identity to open up two credit card accounts at stores within Southridge Mall. Courtney Jenkins was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Monday with two counts of unauthorized use of personal identification. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and $20,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 24, Jenkins went into Macy’s and opened up a credit card account using the identity of a 48-year-old Mississippi man named John Coleman. He then obtained the card and used it to purchase items from the store. Jenkins then went to Boston Store and again opened up a credit card using Coleman’s identity. He then tried to use the card to buy more items at the …

Friday, August 3, 2012

State Inadvertently Posts Home Sellers' Social Security Numbers Online

The Department of Revenue realized the mistake in late July and removed the information, but real estate and appraisers had already downloaded it 138 times.

Personal, confidential information from more than 110,000 people who sold homes in 2011 was hidden inside a Wisconsin Department of Revenue report used by real estate and appraisal organizations. The DOR has ask those organizations to destroy and replace the report, which was posted online for download from April 5 to July 23. The department said that while the information was in the file, it was not visible when the report was opened. However, someone who opened the specific file would have had access to the information, the DOR said. The DOR has offered to provide credit monitoring for people whose information was posted in the file.   "We have a responsibility to protect the sellers who had their personal information included in the …

Lois Liebau-Templin

3:13 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012

My husband, and I, are two of the people the state did this to. Since last Monday, we have had nothing but paperwork, and headaches. There is a possibility that both of us have someone using our social security numbers. We are extra careful about our information, but the state had to put us in this situation. We went through this ten years ago, when, we suspect, a neighbors son stole information …   more ›

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Mistaken Criminal Identity When Man Used Brother's Name in Arrest

Victim goes to Greendale Police Department and informs them an arrest warrant they have issued against him is actually his brother posing as him.

A 43-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after he allegedly got into trouble in Greendale while using his brother’s name, then never showed up for court. Louis V. Rodriguez was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of obstructing an officer. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: Rodriguez’s brother went to the Greendale Police Department on June 23 after police were called to his home and they said he had an active arrest warrant pending against him from an incident in December where he was pulled over for operating a motor vehicle without a license. However, the man said he wasn’t the one driving the car and when officers pulled up …

Monday, May 14, 2012

Woman Steals $11K From Greendale Woman's Bank Account

Suspect tells police she took the bank account information from the victim while caring for her ailing brother.

A 32-year-old Milwaukee woman is facing charges after she allegedly bilked $11,600 from a checking account held by a Greendale woman and her 95-year-old father. Quinnatte Jeff was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of unauthorized use of personal identification. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: In January one of the victims was checking the account she held with her father and noticed someone had paid several cell phone bills with it and use it to pay for outgoing calls from inmates in the state prison system. Police were able to trace the charges back to Jeff after she used the account to pay for camp for her daughter at the Phantom …

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