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August 7, 2009
LOUISVILLE WOMAN SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
– Stole personal information of patients at medical office where she worked
LOUISVILLE, KY - Erika Lynn Bradford, age 28, of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, was sentenced on August 5, 2009, to 2 years and 4 months imprisonment in United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky, for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today. John G. Heyburn, III, Judge, United States District Court, also sentenced Bradford to 4 months of home detention following incarceration. There is no parole in the federal judicial system. In addition, restitution will be imposed.
Bradford had pled guilty and previously admitted that, between December 29, 2006 and July 21, 2008, she was employed at a local physician's office. While so employed, Bradford stole personal identifiers of patients, including names, addresses, and social security numbers. Bradford then used these personal identifiers to open and attempt to open lines of credit issued online, by federally insured financial institutions, including lines of credit with Chase Bank, Best Buy, Target, and others. Bradford then used and attempted to use these lines of credit to make online purchases of goods and services, including a plasma television, camera, phone headset, digital video discs (DVDs) and other items.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ann Claire Phillips, and it was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department.
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