More then bad credit from id theft

[melisadawn]

Thought I would copy and paste and share this identity theft story. Poor girl was refused a job for this.CLEVELAND -- It happens to millions of people each year: someone steals their identity then runs up thousands of dollars in credit card and other charges.

But what happens when the person who steals your identity ends up in jail?

NewsChannel5's Debora Lee talked to one woman about her horrifying story.


The suspect has criminal charges ranging from drug possession to trafficking. The name attached to her jailhouse photo is Tonya Borich.



2 Women Claim To Be Tonya Borich



"She's in jail under my name, not under her name. She's in there under my name," the real Tonya Borich said.

She's younger than the woman in jail, who is also known as Alice Owens. Borich believes Owens stole her identity while doing some housework for a relative several years ago.

"She had went and got a driver's license in my name and I ended up going to court. That's how I found out she was using my name in the first place," Borich said.

The judge threw the case out after determining the citation was issued to someone using Borich's identification information. Since then, Borich said her credit report has been damaged so much that it kept her from getting a bank job. Now her name is associated with felonies she didn't commit.

"I went to the prosecutor's office. They sent me to headquarters. I tried to fill out a police report. The headquarters sent me back to the county prosecutor," Borich said. "I really don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. I just want this off of me."

Owens goes to trial Thursday on the drug charges. Borich said she'll be there too to try to get the situation resolved once and for all.

As of Wednesday, Owens had not been charged in connection with identity theft and the prosecutor's office declined an interview.


This was from Cleveland Ohio. To think she even has a prison record from all this.

[kb9tbq]

That is terrible - thanks for sharing this story... here is what I have found regarding ID Theft of this kind - and thought it to be a good idea to add to your post here:

Criminal Violations:

If wrongful criminal violations are attributed to your name, contact the arresting or citing law enforcement agency - that is the police or sheriff's department that originally arrested the person using your identity, or the court agency that issued the warrant for the arrest.

a. File an impersonation report.

b. And have your identity confirmed: The police department takes a full set of your fingerprints and your photograph, and copies any photo identification documents like your driver's license, passport or visa.

c. Ask the law enforcement agency to compare the prints and photographs with those of the imposter to establish your innocence.

d. If the arrest warrant is from a state or county other then where you live, ask your local police department to send the impersonation report to the police department in the jurisdiction where the arrest warrant, traffic citation or criminal conviction originated.

e. The law enforcement agency should then recall any warrants and issue a "clearance letter" or certificate of release (if you were arrested/booked). You'll need to keep this document with you at all times in case you're wrongly arrested.

f. Also ask the law enforcement agency to file, with the district attorney's (D.A.) office and/or court where the crime took place, the record of the follow-up investigation establishing your innocence. This will result in an amended complaint being issued.

g. Ask that the "key name," or "primary name," be changed from your name to the imposter's name (or to "John Doe" if the imposter's true identity is not known), with your name noted only as an alias.

h. Will also want to clear your name in the court records. You'll need to determine which state law(s) will help you do this and how. If your state has no formal procedure for clearing your record, contact the D.A.'s office in the county where the case was originally prosecuted. Ask the D.A.'s office for the appropriate court records needed to clear your name.

i. Contact your state DMV to find out if your driver's license is being used by the identity thief. Ask that your files be flagged for possible fraud.

j. You need to hire a criminal defense attorney to help your clear your name.

k. Contact Legal Services in your state or your local bar association for help in finding an attorney.

Fake Driver's License:

If you think your name or SSN is being used by an identity thief to get a driver's license or a non-driver's ID card, contact your DMV. If your state uses your SSN as your driver's license number as to substitute another number.

[nativechild48]

:cry: As I read this, I almost started to cry because innocent people get the rough justice. A friend of mine always kept her driver's license in her car, and one hot sweltering day this summer she had her windows down in her car at home in her drivewayand someone stole the license out of her car and other papers. In fact she had two licenses. You can go and ask for a new photo or say you lost yours. New Jersey and a few other states don't have pictures. They were in such a hurry or something startled them they left the glove compartment opened and the door not shut properly. The police made the report, but someone attempted to use he ID for credit and we think they are using it for majority ID. So if the license are in the car hide them in a most conspicuous area other than the glove compartment.

[kb9tbq]

Fortunately - here in Illinois I learned the last time I had to renew my drivers license the lady give me the choice of taking a new picture, or pulling my old picture up out of the system to use again on the new drivers license.

So it made me feel better knowing here - that they do have your picture saved in the data base and hopefully if someone requests a new picture they will take the time to look at the old picute on file to insure that you are the same person as the prior picture will indicate by looking.