Woman charged to 34 years in Prison for Identity Theft
An Irving, Texas woman has been sentenced to serve 34 years in prison for identity theft. Sharon Denise Seeley was found guilty on two counts of credit card abuse and possession of identifying information.
Seeley happened to find an old benefits report in the garbage of a school dumpster. Something the school should have disposed of properly considering it contained names, addresses, and social security numbers of 3,400 teachers and other employees of the school. She then used the information to make thousands of dollars in purchases stealing the identities of the individuals.
One victim, Cynthia Will, a former teacher at the Union Bower Center had more than $25,000 charged to her credit including a $4,000 dollar ring from Zales. Seeley made the $25,000 in charges in one week of spending. Cynthia had to change her drivers license number and has to carry an affidavit stating that she is an identity theft victim and any warrants for her old drivers license number is not for her.
I think this lady got what she deserved. Teachers are special people who give up a lot to teach others. They are not paid enough to do what they do and they make impact the lives of their student’s lives daily. She claimed she was addicted to methamphetamine and did what she did so she could fuel her addiction and take care of her daughter. I regret that the daughter will have to grow up without her real mother but perhaps it’s a good thing considering her mother was addicted to methamphetamine.
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