A temp at AT&T, Cassandra Walls of Chicago has been indicted on charges that she stole the personal information on 2,100 fellow employees, then used the information to acquire more than $70,000 in short-term payday loans in the names of 130 of them.
Walls allegedly stole co-workers' personal information, including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, and then took out numerous payday loans in their names online.
Jermaine Jones, 27, who lives with Walls, and Walls' sister, Deedra Massey, 40, of Naperville were also indicted. All three were taken into custody this morning and then released on $4,500 bond each following appearances in federal court.
According to the indictment, the fraudulently obtained loans were wired to bank accounts controlled by the trio.
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