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A former Cincinnati, Ohio resident pleaded guilty in a Virginia federal court to a “complex identity theft” scheme under which he defrauded financial institutions, insurance companies, and others, including a special agent of the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General.
Rohit Jawa, 25, pleaded guilty Nov. 16 to an indictment charging him with eight counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. He was indicted by a federal grand jury Aug. 13. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga accepted the guilty plea.
The U.S Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which prosecuted the case, did not, however, mention the amount of money that was defrauded by Jawa.
Based on court documents, from at least February 2013 through June 2015, Jawa devised and executed a complex identity theft scheme to defraud through managing numerous PayPal accounts in a scheme to defraud eBay buyers and eBay’s third-party parcel insurance company.
In connection with the scheme Jawa stole the identity of a Special Agent of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and then used that identity to fraudulently gain access to law enforcement databases from which he stole personal identifying information of multiple victims. He then used the identifying information of those individuals to open further fraudulent financial accounts in their names, without their knowledge or consent.
During this period, Jawa repeatedly transferred money representing the proceeds of his fraud scheme from and between accounts he controlled in victims’ names to accounts he controlled in his own name.
Jawa was indicted by a federal grand jury Aug. 13. He faces a mandatory minimum of two years in prison and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when sentenced on Feb. 12, 2016.
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