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Sixty-six criminal charges were filed last week in federal court against 10 people who are accused of stealing the identities of Utahns in order to commit bank fraud.
In court papers, federal prosecutors accuse the group of stealing mail and using identification information to create fake documents and forged checks. One of the women charged had opened bank accounts to deposit the counterfeit and forged checks, according to charges.
A federal indictment accuses another woman of gathering names, social security numbers, and other identifying information from the health care business she worked for. She then gave the information to the others to commit the fraud.
The indictment lists 46 fraudulent bank transactions between March and December 2014 that totaled nearly $35,000.
The accused all reside in Salt Lake County.