A North Carolina woman was sentenced to more than four years behind bars for carrying out an identity theft and bank fraud scheme that enabled her to spend money using the personal information of her victims.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina, Jessica Bailey Sowell engaged in the scheme from March 2023 to February 2024.
Court records show that she created fraudulent identification documents using compromised personal identifying information (PII) that were obtained through stolen mail, the internet and other sources.
Sowell then used the fake documents at banks, hotels and retail stores. Investigators found that she had letters, bank cards and checks belonging to at least 26 victims of identity theft.
The 32-year-old was apprehended after a federal search
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