(AP) – A central Missouri woman has admitted in federal
court that she plotted to use stolen mail and identities to cash bogus checks at
banks.Twenty-seven-year-old Chrystal Bernstein of Osage Beach pleaded guilty Tuesday
to single counts of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
court that she plotted to use stolen mail and identities to cash bogus checks at
banks.Twenty-seven-year-old Chrystal Bernstein of Osage Beach pleaded guilty Tuesday
to single counts of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors say Bernstein obtained stolen mail and used stolen identities to
cash and deposit the checks at banks in Boone and Camden counties from December
2016 to mid-February of this year.
Authorities say the victims sustained a total loss of roughly $14,000.
When arrested in February, authorities say Bernstein had a driver’s license,
Social Security card and credit card bearing another person’s name. After she
was arrested again two weeks later, searchers found checks and money orders
stolen from two additional victims.
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