Federal Fraud Faces Home Confinement and Probation
Featured Case Result:
Sentenced To Home Confinement
Counts:
Aggravated identity theft
Sentence Guidelines:
Maximum 15 Years Imprisonment
Mandatory Minimum:
N/A
Case Result:
Our client was charged with aggravated identity theft as a result of participating in a
scheme to steal credit card information from patrons at South Florida restaurants. At the time,
our client was a full-time student with near-perfect grades at Florida Atlantic University. She
became involved in the scheme while working as a waitress trying to put herself through college.
Our client had also begun to apply to medical schools. I first negotiated a cooperation agreement
with the United States while attempting to convince the United States Attorney's Office to permit
her to participate in pretrial diversion. Ultimately, the United States Attorney's Office disagreed
so our client pled guilty to one count of the Indictment. The Client was facing a maximum of
fifteen years imprisonment. At sentencing, because of the arguments made by our firm about our
client's cooperation and her background, the court sentenced her to home confinement and
supervised release.