Birmingham Social Security Administration worker sentenced for identity theft

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.alabamas13.com/story/21964413/birmingham-social-security-administration-worker-sentenced-in-ideentity-theft

BIRMINGHAM, AL -

A former Social Security Administration employee was sentenced in
federal court for an identity theft scheme.

Manuel "Trey" Chaney III was sentenced to 70 months in prison,
according to US Attorney Joyce White Vance.

Chaney, a former service representative at the Bessemer Social
Security Administration office, was accused of a scheme valuing
$325,000 in fraudulent transactions.

Between January and November 2010, Vance writes, Chaney used SSA
records to identify recently deceased residents of the southeastern
United States who were collecting social security benefits via direct
deposit to Wachovia/Wells Fargo banks, where Chaney maintained his
personal bank account.

Chaney accessed these accounts and used them to make online payments
for his vehicles, utility bills and credit cards, one of which had
been used to purchase furniture for Chaney's new home. The recipients
of fraudulent money were Alabama Power, Capital One Bank, Citibank,
Discover Card, GE Money Bank, GMAC/Ally Bank, HSBC Bank, JP Morgan
Chase Bank and T-Mobile.

Chaney was ordered to pay $40,857 in restitution to the victims, and
must forfeit $175,559 in proceeds of his crime to the government.
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