FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
April 21, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:11-cr-00175-GEB

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment today charging Alicia Calhoun, 42, of Stockton, with obtaining information by computer from a financial institution, access device fraud (also known as credit card fraud), aggravated identity theft, and identity theft.

The indictment alleges that Calhoun accessed financial records from a financial institution with the intent to obtain credit cards and commit other identity theft crimes.

This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol. Assistant United States Attorney Camil A. Skipper is prosecuting the case

This case is related to United States v. Chanel Blue, Case no. 2:09-CR-308-JAM. On January 18, 2011, Blue, 46, of Hayward, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 42 months in prison. Blue had pleaded guilty to bank fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and identity theft on September 14, 2010.

The maximum statutory penalty for a violation of obtaining information by computer from a financial institution is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum statutory penalty for access device fraud and identity theft are 10 and 15 years in prison, respectively. The minimum mandatory sentence for aggravated identity theft is two years in prison consecutive to any other sentence imposed. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

The charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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