CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (KVRR/KFGO) — An Otsego, Minnesota woman who pleaded guilty last year to financial fraud and identity theft gets seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Maegen Fortin engaged in fraudulent conduct at credit unions and businesses in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota in 2020 and 2021. She used the names,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With warmer weather staying with us in the forecast, Fargo Police remind you to take care of your belongings in case of car break-ins. “We always recommend you lock your doors. Even when it’s summer and it’s nice out and you’re just running into the gas station, lock your doors. If you absolutely have to leave…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Montana woman is sentenced in North Dakota for draining her in-laws life savings. Fifty-seven-year-old Carol Feist of Whitehall was given over 5 years in federal prison and will have to repay $134,000 for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say Feist pretended to be her elderly mother-in-law when she called U.S. Bank in…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two people from Jamestown are arrested after being accused of stealing someone’s identity to make over $30,000 in fraudulent purchases. 34-year-old Dorothy Rush and 36-year-old Loring Rush were arrested on suspicion of felony unauthorized use of personal identifying information. Police in Jamestown were notified by the victim on Thursday that someone from the town was using…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Flint, Michigan man to two years in prison for social security fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 77-year-old Robert McKee, also known as William Patrick O’Hara, was also sentenced to 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay a $400…
FARGO, N.D.– Robo–calls are nothing new in our area, but scams come in all shapes and sizes. According to the AARP Fraud Watch Network, a con artist steals someone’s identity every 2 seconds in the U.S. The group says in 2018, Americans lost $16 billion to fraud, identity theft, and scams. There are many types of scams people can fall…
FARGO, ND — A man convicted in 2012 of stealing the identities of 38,000 people in a massive credit card scheme has been sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison. A federal jury in Fargo in October found Michael Adeyemo guilty of obstruction of justice for lying about his name, date of birth and other parts of his background. He…
FARGO, N.D. — Now that Tax Day is over, you might have cleaned out documents that need to be discarded. AARP hosted a free document shredding event, which helps reduce the risk of identity theft. MinneKota Secure Document Destruction had a truck on–site to shred the documents. Over 600 people came to discard their old files. Organizers say identity theft ranks…
