Nora R. Dannehy Acting United States Attorney for the District
of Connecticut, announced that LINDA LEE DAVID, 47, of
Derby, was sentenced today by United States District Judge
Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to four years of imprisonment,
followed by one year of supervised release, for committing aggravated identity
theft while on federal supervised release. DAVID pleaded guilty on October
10, 2008.
According
to documents filed with the Court and statements made in
court, from December 2005 to February 2008, DAVID was employed
as a bookkeeper for Oesse Foods, Inc. in New Haven. While
employed there, DAVID forged the owner’s signature
on business checks that she made payable to herself, petty
cash, or to credit card companies from which she had obtained
fraudulent credit cards using her employer’s personal
identification. DAVID also opened credit card accounts
under the names of Oesse Foods and the company’s
owner using identification information including the owner’s
social security number and Oesse Foods’ tax
identification number, without authorization to do so. DAVID
used those fraudulently obtained credit cards to obtain cash
advances and to charge personal items and services. In
addition, DAVID used valid Oesse Foods credit card
accounts without authorization to obtain cash advances and
to charge personal items and services on those accounts.
The total amount
of money, property and services obtained or attempted to
be obtained by DAVID as a result of her fraudulent conduct
was $209,373.08, and DAVID must pay restitution in that amount
to her victim.
At
the time DAVID committed these offenses, she was on federal
supervised release following a 2005 conviction for wire
fraud. That conviction
stemmed from DAVID’s employment as a bookkeeper at
the Black Rock Yacht Club in Bridgeport, where she used the
social security number of a former employee of the Club to
obtain credit cards through which she made purchases of personal
items causing a total loss of approximately $11,669.68. Following
a three-month term of imprisonment, DAVID was released on
August 26, 2005, and placed on supervised release.
Today, Judge Hall sentenced DAVID to two years of imprisonment
for committing aggravated identity theft, and a consecutive
two-year term of imprisonment for violating the terms and
conditions of her supervised release.
DAVID has been
detained since her arrest on March 7, 2008.
This case was
investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Anthony E.
Kaplan and Sarah P. Karwan. |
