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Lynchburg woman indicted on ID theft charges - April 24, 2009
A Lynchburg nurse who worked at two local assisted-living facilities for seniors pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to stealing the identities of former patients.
Among those alleged victims is the mother of U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon, who typically hears Lynchburg cases. Moon said through a law clerk Wednesday that because of this, the case was assigned to Judge James C. Turk.
No other information was released from Moon’s chambers.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Karen Jones, 48, was indicted last week on 18 counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of possessing fraudulent identity documents, one count of forging endorsement on a U.S. Treasury check, six counts of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud and one count of credit card fraud.
Jones is accused of stealing identifying information from April 2007 until November 2008 while she worked as a nurse at The Oaks of Lynchburg and Avante of Lynchburg.
According to the indictment, Jones used stolen information such as driver’s licenses, names, dates of birth and social security numbers to open credit and utility accounts, including her cable television, water and telephone services.
If convicted, Jones faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 36 years on the aggravated identity theft charges alone.
She is currently free on an unsecured $10,000 bond.
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