Ex-Mortgage Company Associate Cops Plea To Pilfering Customer Info From Loan Applications To Obtain Credit Cards & Go On Spending Spree

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Star Tribune reports:

• Jason Alan Tauer worked for Ameriquest Mortgage Company as a mortgage associate for only six weeks. Turned out to be a pretty fruitful month and a half for Tauer -- and a pretty costly one to nearly 100 people and several financial institutions. Using personal information he lifted from the mortgage applications of nearly 100 people -- as well as mail and even items taken from gym lockers of a couple of hundred more -- Tauer eventually stole more than $150,000 from at least eight banks. [Last week], the 32-year-old Robbinsdale man pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identify theft.

For more, see Stolen mortgage info led to spree (Ex-Ameriquest worker took more than $150,000).