VA: Ex-owner of Smithfield farm store pleads guilty to $1.7M fraud
July 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Business Sector, ID Theft, U.S.
Tim McGlone reports:
A Smithfield woman pleaded guilty today to three federal charges, admitting that she stole the identities of customers from her farm equipment store to obtain more than 80 loans worth $1.7 million.
Linda T. Rowland, 60, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
Read more in the Virginian-Pilot. More than 30 customers had their information misused.