South Carolina Woman Faces Charges Of Using Relative's Social Security Number To Obtain Credit; Victim Finds Out When Rejected For Home Loan

In Greenwood, South Carolina, The Index Journal reports:

• Greenwood woman is charged with stealing a relative’s identity and using her Social Security number to make several large purchases and racked up more than $29,500 in debt. Dixie Lee Nelson, 53, [...] is charged with identity theft and financial transaction card forgery.

• According to the police report, Nelson’s relative went to apply for a home loan on July 31 and was told she already had things in her name and she had a poor credit score. After further research, the victim found out Nelson had “gotten credit at a number of places and was buying a house, car and had a credit card.” Nelson used her own name, but the victim’s Social Security number. One of the fraudulent accounts was $5,973 and the other was $23,535.

Source: Woman faces identity theft, forgery charges.