Alleged Washington State I.D. Theft Duo Accused Of Using Vacant Home Addresses On Bogus Credit Card Apps

In Kennewick, Washington, the Mid Columbia Tri City Herald reports that bank vice president Cynthia Jean Walker, 54, and her real estate agent daughter Cassidy R. Janosky, 35, face multiple federal charges in an alleged identity theft scheme. According to the story:

• Janosky, a vice president and business development officer at Bank of the West, is accused of obtaining personal information from bank customers and using that information to open credit cards in the customers' names, according to the federal indictment. Walker, who was a licensed real estate agent with Coldwell Banker, would then identify vacant homes for sale in the area and use the addresses on the credit card applications, court documents said.

For more, see Kennewick mother, daughter face federal charges in scheme.