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Waterbury Man Uses Victims' IDs To Steal Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: Here's His Sentence Waterbury Man Uses Victims' IDs To Steal Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: Here's His Sentence
Waterbury Man Uses Victims' IDs To Steal Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: Here's His Sentence A 31-year-old Connecticut man will spend years in prison for using the identifying information of more than 40 victims to steal pandemic unemployment benefits, federal officials announced.  New Haven County resident Olajuwon Harrington of Waterbury, also known as “OJ Harrington,” was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 10 for stealing pandemic unemployment benefits, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.  According to federal officials, Harrington used the identifying information of real victims without their knowledge t…

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Man Admits Using Fake Credit Cards To Steal Thousands At 15 CT Lowe's Locations Man Admits Using Fake Credit Cards To Steal Thousands At 15 CT Lowe's Locations
Man Admits Using Fake Credit Cards To Steal Thousands At 15 CT Lowe's Locations A fraudster admitted to using fake credit cards in multiple states - specifically Connecticut - to steal thousands of dollars from Lowe’s. New York City resident Larell David, 30, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport this week to a scheme through which he defrauded the home improvement store out of more than $183,000. Specifically, David was charged with one count of access device fraud. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that between July 2017 and March 2018, David produced more than 100 counterfeit credit cards in the name of “Kevin Douglas,” which were encoded with legitimate credit c…

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