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A man working at a Salt Lake County satellite TV retailer took personal information from clients and used it make fraudulent purchases, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in 3rd District Court.
Three others also were allegedly involved. The employee and two others were charged Friday with dozens of third-degree felonies, including identity and communications fraud, falsely making, encoding or signing a financial transaction card and possessing a forged writing.
The counts stem from activity between March 1 and 17.
Similar charges were being prepared against the fourth person.
During a March 17 search of the Magna residence shared by the four people, police found personal identification information for 28 individuals throughout the United States, about 40 different identification documents for various individuals, at least seven forged writings, including driver licenses and checks, at least 10 devices used to make forgeries and records showing unauthorized purchases, the complaint states.
The personal information allegedly was customer information the retailer employee brought home. The employee told police that when people called to sign up for satellite TV, he would take the customers' personal information home, the complaint states.
He and the others would use the information to set up e-mail accounts and make fraudulent online purchases with the customers' credit card information, the complaint says.
They were also allegedly making checks, identifications and money.
-Justin Hill