Previously I have researched cases when we were rehearsing the court scene... I thought I might research cases on stolen identity. (IDENTITY THEFT).
Some extreme/ Crazy cases I have found: A woman named Christina Lee Cameron was sentenced to thirteen years in prison after being found guilty of identity theft, as well as burglary. Cameron had stolen a large number of identifications and checks then used them to pay for items at stores all over the community. She even bragged to law enforcement agents over the phone that she could not be caught.
A Texas Example
Another example of a court case happened in 2007. In Fort Worth, Texas, a 50 year old man named Billy Coats received up to 25 years in prison for identity theft. He had stolen identities from more than 50 different people using various methods, including a device to unlock car doors and trunks so he could steal purses left inside. The stiff penalty was the result of a law that had passed in Texas just three months before his arrest. His previous felony conviction made him eligible for a sentence ten years longer than normal for the crime. Coats is believed to have been part of an identity theft ring in which he created fake checks and others cashed them.
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