In his plea agreement, 32-year-old Jason Alan Tauer in Minnesota admitted to stealing the files of 93 people who’d made loan applications at Ameriquest Mortgage, where he worked in 2005. He also admitted to getting information from stolen mail and things he took from gym lockers.
Tauer then used the information to make fake identification documents and checks, which he used to get cash, services and other items. One example of his fraud, Tauer obtained a U.S. Bank credit card in another person’s name and withdrew cash from ATMs throughout Minnesota, sticking the victim with a $30,529.63 bill.
The charges in the plea agreement include two counts of bank fraud, one count of device fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft. Though Tauer has yet to be sentenced, he could be sent to prison for more than 70 years.
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