Anchorage女子盗用170多个他人身份实施诈骗被判5年监禁
美国阿拉斯加州Anchorage一名女子因盗用170多个他人身份实施电汇诈骗，被联邦法院判处5年监禁，刑满后再接受5年监督释放，并须向受害者支付赔偿。美国司法部阿拉斯加区联邦检察官办公室11月10日公布了这一量刑结果。
法院文件显示，2021年2月至2022年2月间，48岁的 Dusty Starr 通过盗窃邮件、盗用身份、开设虚假电子邮件与金融账户、伪造支票等手段骗取钱财，并提交虚假申请骗取新冠疫情租房救助资金。她持有从邮件、车辆和个人处窃得的170多个身份，用这些身份开设电子邮箱账户、银行账户、转账账户和空壳商业实体，冒充受害人把诈骗所得转入自己控制的账户，估计损失总额超过7.1万美元。
其中相当一部分骗局针对阿拉斯加州一个负责发放租房救助的州机构。Starr 冒充多名房东和租客，使用盗用身份提交了9份虚假申请，该机构共向她用盗用身份开设的账户支付了47,550美元。她还利用盗来的邮件和身份，伪造多家阿拉斯加原住民企业的支票并兑现，造成的损失超过2.4万美元。
联邦检察官 Michael J. Heyman 表示，该办公室将继续优先打击滥用疫情救助的行为，并保护对阿拉斯加居民至关重要的邮政系统。美国邮政检查局与 Anchorage 警察局负责调查此案，联邦助理检察官 Andrea Steward 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
Anchorage Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme Using More Than 170 Stolen Identities
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft carried out with more than 170 stolen identities. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska announced the sentence on November 10, and restitution to the victims was also ordered.
According to court documents, between February 2021 and February 2022, Dusty Starr, 48, carried out a scheme involving mail theft, identity theft, fraudulent email and financial accounts, forged checks, and false applications for COVID rental relief funds. She possessed more than 170 identities stolen from the mail, from vehicles, and from individuals, and used them to create email accounts, bank accounts, money-transfer accounts, and sham business entities to route fraud proceeds into accounts under her control. The total estimated loss was more than $71,000.
A significant part of the scheme targeted an Alaska state agency that provides rental assistance. Posing as multiple landlords and tenants, Starr submitted nine fraudulent applications, and the agency disbursed $47,550 into accounts she had opened with stolen identities. She also forged checks drawn on several Alaska Native corporations using authentic account information from checks stolen from the mail, causing losses of more than $24,000.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman said his office will continue to prioritize abuses of pandemic relief and protect the U.S. Postal Service. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Anchorage Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Steward prosecuted it. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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