Prosecuting Identity Theft
The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is committed to protecting the public from identity thieves. That commitment is reflected in the aggressive approach that the department takes toward prosecuting identity thieves. By taking a “zero tolerance” approach, the department has been able to achieve positive results in court. Those results are reflected in the following cases:
| Criminal | Crime | Charge |
|---|---|---|
| Akop Changryan & Vardan Kagramanyan | – installing skimming devices inside gas pumps at four local gas stations, thereby compromising the accounts of 196 people – used the compromised account information to make counterfeit bank cards, and then used those cards to withdraw more than $200,000 from the victims’ accounts. | 20 years in prison |
| Pyong “Peter” Pak | – leader of an identity theft ring that victimized 256 people and caused more than $250,000 in losses | 20 years in prison Six co-conspirators received 10-year prison sentences. |
| Susan Shaw | – taking out 60 credit cards in the names of 23 people, and then using those cards to cause more than $150,000 in losses. | 20 years in prison |
| Audrey Collins | – fraudulently acquiring loans while posing as six different victims, thereby causing more than $50,000 in losses. | 20 years in prison |
| Henry Calucag | – creating a fraudulent warranty deed and then forging the victim’s signature to steal the victim’s land. | 20 years in prison |
| Tunji Oluwale | – using counterfeit credit cards to purchase high-end merchandise while posing as six different victims. | 20 years in prison |
| Jonathan Saatkamp | – breaking into houses and cars, stealing blank checks, and then using forged checks and fake identification cards to steal thousands of dollars from three local banks – Saatkamp was rumbled quickly as the quality of his fake identification cards were subpar to those sold on the black market. | 15 years in prison |
| Neil Driskill | – operating a mobile identity theft factory where he made fake identification cards and counterfeit checks, and then used them to steal thousands of dollars from numerous local banks | 15 years in prison |
| Daniel Alfeiri | – stealing the personal information of fellow military service members and then using that information to falsely obtain credit cards in their names – He later used the cards to obtain money and merchandise – all while the victims were deployed in Iraq. | 10 years in prison |
| Sonny Jenson | – impersonating a deceased person in order to facilitate a check-kiting scheme against a local bank, resulting in thousands of dollars in losses. | 10 years in prison |
