A security guard who worked in Georgetown has been charged with stealing over 200 identities in connection with a "highly-sophisticated" identity theft and fraud operation, the Washington Examiner reported.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C., the guard, Dawn Marshall was charged with fraud, aggravated identity theft, mail fraud and conspiracy.
Prosecutors are saying Marshall was a leader in the scheme, in which the Examiner reported she allegedly stole identities and bank account information "from the mail, a medical office in Northwest Washington, and Johnson's Flower Shop locations in D.C. and Kensington."
"The conspirators then opened up fraudulent lines of credit that they used to enrich themselves and spend on others.
"The ring paid off other people's bills, parking tickets and other goods. They would then charge these "customers" half the total bill or merchandise."
The Washington Post said that when police searched Marshall's home, they found a stack of credit cards in others' names that had been sent to her address.
Marshall could serve 30 years in prison if she is convicted. The alleged leader of the ring, a 48-year-old woman living in Washington, D.C., has not been charged yet.
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