Newark Man Sentenced to 16 1/2 Years for Identity Theft
Written on March 24, 2011 – 3:54 pm | by Chloe Gatenby
Todd Yurgin of Newark has been sentenced to 16 years and seven months in prison for identity theft. This is the longest sentence in Delaware history for fraud and identity theft.
His partner in crime, Joseph Aughenbaugh, was sentenced to 12 years and one month.
Yurgin pleaded guilty to six charges, including mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, in August.
Yurgin and Aughenbaugh stole mail of victims and confirmed the Social Security numbers through background search sites, said Robert Kravetz, assistant U.S. attorney in the office of Charles Oberly III, U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware.
They stole the identities of 93 people, around 44 of them were children. The two men applied for credit cards using the Social Security numbers and fictitious names. The thefts left banks and credit unions with close to $1 million in losses.
The two men targeted Social Security numbers issued to children because the victims “weren’t likely to check their credit,” Kravetz said.
Yurgin used the identity information to open at least 343 credit cards and 54 bank accounts from more than 40 financial institutions, and he formed two shell companies operating out of his residence to make fraudulent purchases for services.
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