11 charged with identity theft

[TexasStooge]

By Toni Heinzl , StarTelegram Staff Writer

They scanned newspaper obituaries looking for people in their 40s and 50s who had recently died.

When they found someone they liked, they went to the Internet and obtained driver's license information, Social Security (news - web sites) numbers and credit reports, federal prosecutors say.

The members of the ring forged driver's licenses, using their own photographs and the personal information of the dead, and secured bank loans and bought luxury cars. The brands of choice included Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar and Cadillac.[/i]

[Lindaloo]

I get sickened every time I read something like this. It happens more times than not too.