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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mary L. Hatton September 27, 2012 PHONE: (219) 937-5603 www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn/ Fax: (219) 852-2770
FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN FORT WAYNE RETURNS INDICTMENT
Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on September 26, 2012:
Mark R. Bailey, 52, of Merrillville, Indiana, is charged in a two count Indictment with access device fraud from on or about September 2011, and continuing until on or about November
2011, and aggravated identity theft from on or about September 2011, and continuing until on or about November 2011. These charges were filed as a result of an investigation by the This charge was filed as a result of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, a member of the Identity Theft Task Force. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lovita Morris King.
The United States Attorney's Office emphasized that an Indictment is merely an allegation and that all persons charged are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
If convicted in court, any specific sentence to be imposed will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
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