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Illegal Immigrant Arrested as Mastermind of Identity Theft Crime

By Conaway and Strickler

A Winterville, Georgia resident named Vikas Yadav was recently arrested for a month-long scam involving identity theft and credit card fraud. Police in the Athens-Clarke area contend that Yadav, who worked at a liquor store on Lexington Road, had been stealing financial information from customers using a keystroke logger. He then used the credit card information to purchase new computers, video games, gift cards, and other items. When authorities investigated Yadav's home, they discovered an additional 37 plasma screen televisions in the garage as well as piles of other illegally acquired merchandise. A judge issued a search warrant to allow authorities to investigate a safety deposit box that Yadav had kept at a nearby bank. There, they discovered more than $100,000 in bills and jewels as well as a property title...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on October 20, 2008 (boomark / email).