Connecticutt ID thief sentenced … again
“I am a victim. The credit card companies and banks are victims, yet they are looking to me for repayment of the money that Linda David stole…
“I have been forced to relocate my family to live at my offices because I can no longer afford to pay rent. We have an infant son and we are being forced to live in an attic without heat. We are selling off our jewelry, liquidating investments and diluting our savings. This is not a situation of my making. I need help. I need it now.” (From Oreste Speciale’s victim-impact statement.)
Linda Lee David, a former employee, used Speciale’s identity to run up more than $209,000 in credit card debt over a two-year period.
David was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and violating supervised release terms. She spent three months in prison for stealing the identity of a coworker and running up $11,669 on fraudulent credit cards. She’d been out of prison for less than a year when she began ripping off Speciale.
She took out credit cards from Wells Fargo, WaMu, American Express, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Exxon Mobil, First Equity and Bill Me Later and used them for everyday expenses like gas, groceries and clothing. Occasionally, she made larger purchases like a 42-inch flat screen television and a mini camcorder. She also treated her family to fun-filled Niagara Falls vacation.
Unfortunately for David, that vacation was recorded on the cool little camcorder and shown in court as evidence against her.
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