A Florida woman plead guilty last week to a number of federal charges related to the theft of identities and the purchase of pre-paid debit cards using stolen credit card information.
37-year-old Jasmine Bradley was in U.S. District Court on Monday, February 27, where she plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
In court before U.S. District Judge James Shadid, Bradley admitted that she had participated in a scheme to steal people’s identities, obtain their credit cards, and use those stolen credit cards to obtain pre-paid cards that were then used by Bradley and others involved in the scheme.
The scheme victimized, among others, a Galesburg woman, which brought the defendant’s scheme into the jurisdiction of the Central District of Illinois. The Government identified more than ten additional victims in the crime.
Bradley faces statutory penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for the conspiracy count and for each of the mail fraud counts, up to 20 years imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for each of the wire fraud counts, and a mandatory consecutive 2 years imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release for each of the identity theft charges.
Bradley is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending sentencing. Her sentencing date has been scheduled for June 29, in Peoria.
Additionally, she faces charges in a separate case in Florida.
