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Woman Targets Credit Unions in Elaborate ID Fraud Scheme

Tonia Latrice Lewis, who covered up CU security cameras with aluminum foil to conceal her identity, is sentenced to prison.

By Peter Strozniak | Updated on October 11, 2017

A Bowie, Md. woman is spending the next six years of her life in prison after she used an elaborate ID fraud scheme that primarily targeted credit unions and led to financial losses.

Tonia Latrice Lewis was sentenced to serve a 70-month prison sentence last month in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. Federal Judge Claude Hilton was also ordered Lewis to pay restitution of nearly $250,000. Federal prosecutors said Lewis sought more than $600,000 in loans and financing.  Lewis was convicted for bank fraud, mail fraud and aggravated identify theft.

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