PULASKI — A Pulaski woman faces federal charges that she applied for credit cards and loans using other people’s identities, including that of her dead husband.
Wanda Gilpin, 70, is charged in an indictment unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, with six counts of bank fraud, two counts of misuse of a social security number, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
The indictment alleges that Gilpin applied for multiple credit cards and loans using the personal identification information — including the social security number — of other individuals, including her dead husband.
Prosecutors said in a statement that she executed the scheme to obtain lines of credit and loans with no intention of ever re-paying them. She is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from several different financial institutions during the course of several years.
The bank fraud charges filed against Gilpin carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000 upon conviction, prosecutors said. The misuse of a social security number charges carry a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.
Gilpin is also subject to a mandatory sentence of two years in prison, for the aggravated identity theft count, to be served in addition to any punishment for any other charges of conviction. If convicted, Gilpin will also be subject to a term of supervised release of up to five years after her release from prison.
She pleaded not guilty to each of the counts at arraignment Friday and was released on her own recognizance.
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